With its Swiss replica UlysseNardin Black Toro Perpetual Calendar + GMT automatic timekeeper, the Swiss watchmaking house expands its “Toro” line of ultra-luxury sporty watches with a model that features a very appealing combination of matte and glossy black of its dial and strap with polished rose gold body. While not breaking any design records, this ultra-luxury timekeeper is certainly worth a closer look. The skeletonized (or, rather, layered like a cake) dial of the timekeeper allows you to look at three of four disks that drive the indicators with the one powering the day of week sub-dial is hidden behind the arc-shaped subsidiary seconds display.
Of course, there is also an extra hour hand for the second time zone display, as well as their signature Large Date indicator, which is neatly placed at 1 o’clock and decorated with a massive rose gold frame. Since there is clearly a lack of air on the large dial, the 24-hour GMT scale with day and night indication is etched in gold on the glossy bezel, which is crafted from scratch-resistant black ceramic.
All these complications are driven by their own Caliber UN-32 self-winding movement. First introduced around 17 years ago, the movement was based on the legendary Lemania 1340ebauche, but re-designed to such an extent that the Swiss brand can truly call it an “in-house” caliber.
Although the rose gold Ulysse Nardin copy watch clearly belongs to the “love it or hate it” category, I kind of like this small beast: while not a definition of elegance and modesty, this timekeeper is not afraid of being different from the rest of the pack. In this sense, it reminds me the Dutch brand Spyker: while 99 per cent of luxury car makers copy ideas from each other, Spyker doesn’t seem to really give a rat’s tail about all those focus groups and market research and neither does Ulysse Nardin.
Photos: Ulysse Nardin
Ulysse Nardin Black Toro Perpetual Calendar + GMT watch specification
Price: TBA, around $40,000
Movement: Automatic, Caliber UN-32, in-house, COSC-certified chronometer, Swiss Made
Number of jewels: 34
Movement frequency: 28,800 vph
Power reserve: 48 hours
Movement decoration: No data
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, perpetual calendar, GMT, big date
Case material: 18-carat rose gold
Bezel material: Black ceramic
Crown material: Matches case
Case shape: Round
Bezel shape: Round
Case size: 43.00 mm
Case height: No data
Lug width: No data
Dial: Black, decorated with vertical Geneva Stripes
Numerals: Arabic (24-hour format, on the bezel)
Hour markers: Luminous
Hands: Open-worked, luminous
Water resistance: 100 meters
Strap: Black rubber band with titanium-ceramic deployant clasp / Black leather strap with folding buckle in rose gold
Crystal: Sapphire, antireflective
Case back: Sapphire
As previously offered versions of the watch, the Cheap Price replica Ulysse Nardin Black Toro Perpetual Calendar + GMT offers a peculiarly styled dial with a prominent three-spoke “bridge” with apertures for day of week, month and 2-digit year indicators placed at 9, 3 and 6 o’clock respectively.