18 Facts About Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaking company founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland.

Ulysse Nardin has operated out of the same building headquartered in Le Locle, Switzerland since 1865.

Ulysse Nardin was born in 1823 in Le Locle, Switzerland.

Ulysse Nardin first trained as an apprentice horologist under his father, Leonard-Frederic Nardin, and perfected his skills under the tutelage of Frederic-William Dubois and Louis JeanRichard-dit-Bressel, two master watchmakers who were experts in precision watches and whose fame extended beyond the mountains of Neuchatel, Switzerland.

In 1846, at the age of 23, Ulysse Nardin founded his own company in Le Locle where its headquarters are still located.

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Ulysse Nardin's company became one of the first to manufacture marine chronometers and high-precision seafaring instruments for commercial ships and navies throughout the world.

Ulysse Nardin acquired a high-precision astronomical regulator, built by Jacques-Frederic Houriet in 1768, to rate his pocket chronometers.

Ulysse Nardin went to London to challenge the best pocket chronometers makers.

At the 1862 International Exhibition in London, Ulysse Nardin was awarded the Prize Medal in the category of "complicated watches and pocket chronometers".

In 1867, Ulysse Nardin obtained the first series of certificates from Neuchatel Observatory for its marine chronometers.

In 1876, Ulysse Nardin died at age 53, and his son Paul-David Nardin succeeded him as the head of the company which continued to expand.

In 1889, Ulysse Nardin won a Gold Medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition, was awarded two Swiss patents in 1890, won First Prize at the Chicago Universal Exhibition in 1893, and many more.

Ulysse Nardin has since provided timepieces to the navies of the United States, United Kingdom, Russia and Japan.

In 2011, Ulysse Nardin acquired a Swiss enameler workshop, Donze Cadrans, that has provided the brand the opportunity to use enamel in its watch dials.

In 2012, Ulysse Nardin launched its first automatic caliber, entirely conceived and manufactured in-house: UN-118.

Ulysse Nardin is part of the exclusive circle of Swiss watchmaking the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie.

Ulysse Nardin has its own quality certification, the Ulysse Nardin Certificate, with standards for quality higher than the COSC.

Since 2017, Ulysse Nardin has been the official sponsor of Sweden's Artemis Racing team at the America's Cup race.