{"product_id":"column-wheel-chronograph-tachymetre-and-telemetre-c-1940","title":"Column-Wheel Chronograph, Tachymetre and Telemetre, c.1940","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUlysse Nardin is one of the most decorated names in precision watchmaking, and here is its chronograph in miniature: a patented column-wheel movement beneath a silvered dial layered with tachymetre and telemetre scales, still running and honestly worn.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost serious chronographs of this era were grand objects in gold, sized for the saloon rather than the field. This one is different: 41.2mm, bright chromed metal, a snap back, a watch made to be carried, used and read at speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silvered dial does the work of three instruments at once. A thirty-minute recorder sits at twelve, running seconds at six, and around the edge run two printed scales, a blue tachymetre on Base 1000 and a red telemetre calibrated in kilometres, timed against blued leaf hands over bold Arabic numerals. Signed Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle \u0026amp; Genève, the printing is crisp and complete; the silver is toned and flecked with scattered dark spotting, heaviest over the two registers, the honest surface of an instrument that was carried and used rather than kept in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the back are the stamps of its journey: the Ulysse Nardin anchor, the country mark Suiza, and the code NOA, used exclusively on Ulysse Nardin pieces imported to the United States. A small stamp, and a documented transatlantic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUlysse Nardin chronographs mostly survive in gold, larger and grander. A compact example in a working everyday case, its multi-scale dial intact and its chronograph healthy, is a much less common thing. The chronograph starts, stops and returns to zero with a clean, positive action, the minute recorder falling into line; the watch winds and sets positively, runs well, and the crystal is without a mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe movement, the marks and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the patent stamp and numbers are recorded in The Record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Nardin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54591887507795,"sku":"PW-0124","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/ulysse-nardin-chromed-base-metal-non-precious-pocket-watch-1_hero.jpg?v=1786752828","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/column-wheel-chronograph-tachymetre-and-telemetre-c-1940","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}