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DUAL TI ME MAN U FACT U R E
Born from an iconic line, the DualTime Manufacture enables
the second time zone and date to be adjusted both forward and
backward.
Like the Marine collection, it is now equipped with a movement
that has been developed and manufactured entirely in-house by
Ulysse Nardin.
Never before had a watchmaker so perfectly fulfilled the desire for
comfort of frequent travelers and explorers. Part of an iconic Ulysse
Nardin collection, the launch of the DualTime Manufacture was a sig-
nificant milestone in the history of contemporary watchmaking.
For the first time, it was possible to adjust the second time zone for-
ward as well as backward. This incredible timepiece returns equipped
with an automatic movement that has been developed, designed
and manufactured entirely in-house: caliber UN-334. Endowed with a
Big Date double window display, also adjustable in both directions, it
boasts a silicon escapement, the height of watchmaking technology
that very few brands are able to master.
Independence through innovation: the Ulysse Nardin Manufacture
constantly pursues the steep but extraordinarily worthwhile path
it chose to take a few years ago. Offering hours, minutes, oversized
small seconds at 6 o'clock, a big date double window display and sec-
ond time zone functions, the Dual Time Manufacture is without doubt
one of the easiest watches to read and adjust. While the "home time"
indicator advances steadily over 24 hours in an aperture at 9 o'clock,
the small hand can easily be aligned with local time, either forward or
backward. This is achieved simply by pressing the (+) or (-) pushers
positioned at 10 o'clock and 8 o'clock, without having to remove the
watch from the wrist or interrupting its timekeeping.
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The ultimate in mechanical refinement, the calendar function auto-
matically synchronizes with adjustments made in either direction.
Behind this simplicity of use – a true lesson in functionality – the Manu-
facture caliber UN-334 deploys the results of many years of research.
Featuring a 48-hour power reserve, it is equipped with a silicon anchor,
escape wheel and roller. The 4 Hz oscillator also has a patented
1.1.1. silicon balance spring, guaranteeing impressive accuracy.
Having made its watchmaking entry in 2001 thanks to the pioneering
efforts of Ulysse Nardin, this highly contemporary material requires
hardly any lubrication and resists wear more than any other. Complex
to work with, its manufacturing techniques remain the prerogative of
just a handful of watchmakers.
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