We’ve reached a fresh level in the world of dive wrist watches, and you’d be pardoned if you thought we’d noticed it all. Vintage-style bezels, large water resistance, skeletonized dials, fine ceramic inserts-repeat. But every every now and then, something comes along to point out to us that watchmaking is around more than just tributes and history. Sometimes, it’s about driving things forward.
The Ulysse Nardin Diver [AIR] has arrived. A watch that, on paper, seems more like a concept than a actuality. The lightest mechanical dance watch ever made, weighing inside at just 52 grams over a strap. That’s not a typo. Fifty-two.
The theory here isn’t just to produce a lightweight watch. It’s to make a high-performance mechanical dive enjoy that also showcases several really cool horological features and appears beautiful while doing it.
This isn’t your current typical dive watch. Ulysse Nardin reminds the world that will they’re always moving forward, and also they’re not afraid to get mad scientists to demonstrate it.
The basic principles
Case: 44mm; reproced titanium and carbon; 14. 7mm thick
Ravenscroft: Domed sapphire
Movements: UN-374 automatic skeleton movements; 199 parts; 90-hour reserve of power
Water resistance: 200 feets
Strap options: A couple of interchangeable elastic straps (white and orange); scratch-resistant form; tool-free changes