New publication: Ulysse Nardin Diver Hammerhead Shark Watch

What is cooler than a diving guard? Simply. A diving guard With a hammerhead -Hai on it! Actually, I can't imagine a single thing that would not be cooler with a hammerhead shark. You cannot agree, and if so, then the new one Ulysse Nardin Diver Hammerhead Shark Clock is probably not for you.

I love watches and watchmakers because they inspire a light on something fantastic or someone from time to time. Mike Coots is presented by Ulysse Nardin with the words: “Ulysse Nardin is proud to name Mike and benefit from his passion and knowledge” – and this is one of the classic opportunities to describe an ambassador that is so well done, Ulysse Nardin. His story increases from the trauma and overcoming fear. The Coots fell victim to a shark attack and lost his right leg when he was only 18 years old. With a leg prosthesis, he learned to ride his waves again and was back in the sea just a month after the attack.

Instead of annoying the creatures that claimed his leg and almost his life, he should be developed and determined to understand them in a deep empathy for them, not better, not as a “murderer”, but as apex predators and keystone species in a complex ecosystem. Coots became a professional photographer and artist and learned to accompany marine biologists and document their work on studying sharks. “It's funny how a 10-second moment can change your life forever,” he says. “Over the years, I have fallen in love with sharks more and more. They are not only beautiful, they are also essential for a healthy planet earth.”

Apparently the efforts of Coots were of essential importance for the successful campaign to say goodbye to laws that made it illegal in 2010 to own sharks in Hawaii. “Haie have been on this planet for over 450 million years. That is how important you have to be,” he says that he has been a brand ambassador since 2022, and Ulysse Nardin is in harmony with previous “shark lines” sailing and its membership of 1% for the planet has prescribed 1 percent of the annual sales of the Diver hammer grinding. The recipient will be Shark Trust, a non -profit organization based in Great Britain.

Now about the clock in question: Ulysse Nardin Diver [HAMMERHEAD SHARK] – How the brand likes to format its name. So hip looks like this, we will ignore it elsewhere in this article, since hardly anyone will insert this exact format in Google. The diver also drips in typical Ulysse -Nardin fashion with nuanced small details from the inside and outside. When everyone and their sister brand make boring relaxation of painful basic 50s diving watches, a complex housing and a dial feel like a hint of fresh air 50 meters below the surface.

The 44 mm width and 14.81 mm thick housing is strangely in a blue PVD-coated titanium with a polished profile and cone and some crispy-looking box. The bezel is also in titanium, albeit untreated and with a blue rubberized use with increased and circular markers and a red zero. The bezel has polished recesses and brushed notches. The shape is for a reinforced grip, but the additional intricity of the finish is what is really noticeable. The notched, screwed crown is flanked by red crown protection areas, which also appear rubberized. While Blue and red have always given me “College Dude Wash Bag” design Vibes, it is probably an energetic and lively combination.

The dial has shovel -like main hands that are so large that it is almost as if they would show the torque of the movement that drives it. A red, relatively large secondary gift indicates that the clock is in operation, and although Ulysse Nardin does not mention compliance with ISO 6428, the Diver Hammerhead Shark Watch seems to have everything you need to fulfill its criteria. The dial is also quite complicated, with a sandblasted base, a red and blue “X” motif. The 5-7 and 11-1 markers seem to be printed on their respective small islands, while most other hours and chunky, three-dimensional and clot were used. A small power reserve display below 12 and a date over 6 completes the image.

The case had to Do you have a hammerhead -shar on – as I said, and make this watch so much cooler. Did you know thanks to yours dumb Interesting structure, hammerhead sharks have a field of vision of almost 360 degrees, even though you ironically have a blind spot right in front of your snout? And that baby hammerhead can get a tan, but adults can't? Well, now you are doing it. Behind this case, the Ulysse Nardin lives UN-118-caliber, which runs on 4Hz for 60 hours and has an anti-timing silicon picture and a diamond silver setting.

The UN-118 movement is as “Ulysse Nardin-certified” (it is even engraved into one of the movement plates), which means that “strict quality standards for the implementation of its mechanism, its electricity reserve and other functions are fulfilled even more demanding than that of the COSC.” Ulysse Nardin has never played the easy game in terms of movement innovation, research and development, but there is plenty of space for the brand to use what this certification actually means in terms of tests and performance promises.

The Ulysse Nardin Diver Hammerhead Shark Watch costs price $ 12,100 USD (VAT excluded), and it is limited to 300 numbered pieces. It is delivered either on a blue rubber belt (reference 1183-170le-3a hammer/3a) or a blue and red strap (reference 1183-170le-3a hammer/0a). In conclusion, I will leave you a message from Coots: “The ocean almost took my life, but it gave me so much more. (…) We have a word in Hawaiian, 'Kuleana'. It means responsibility. My way of returning something is to be a lawyer for sharks.” To find out more, please visit the brand's website.