Watches
Armchair Picks: Frank’s 3 of the Best from W&W 2022
Novelties from Watches & Wonders this year have impressed. So impressive that you wouldn’t think that the economy is shot. While not everything’s been interesting (looking…
Browsing: Freak
Basel/Geneva/SIHH 2019
Dear Santa: Frank’s Christmas Wishlist
Frank’s Christmas Wishlist It’s that time of the year again, and the elves are hard at work. Word from the grapevine is that finances are a…
Basel/Geneva/SIHH 2019
Review: Ulysse Nardin Freak X
There are watches, and then there is the Ulysse Nardin Freak. The watch that arguably changed the watch industry forever, since its inception in 2001. The…
Basel/Geneva/SIHH 2018
Review: A Beautiful Freak – The Ulysse Nardin Freak Vision
Ulysse Nardin Freak Vision Think about Ulysse Nardin and images of ships, anchors, enamel dials, and jacquemarts come to mind. This is the mild-mannered side of…
Announcements
New Release: Ulysse Nardin Freak Vision – the first automatic watch in the Freak Collection
Introducing the first automatic watch in the Freak Collection, the Ulysse Nardin Freak Vision Vision: a Haute Horlogerie wonder incorporating the revolutionary innovations unveiled in the…
Basel/Geneva/SIHH 2017
SIHH 2017 Ulysse Nardin overview: Freakishly Innovative
For SIHH 2017 Ulysse Nardin continues the daring know-how and innovative path forged by visionary entrepreneur Rolf W. Schnyder and his watchmaking genius Ludwig Oechslin. Oeschslin was the driving…
Basel/Geneva/SIHH 2015
Watchscapes: Ulysse Nardin FreakLab
The Ulysse Nardin Freak was a freak of watchmaking…that is putting it mildly. It may not seem as so radical these days, but when it first…
Basel/Geneva/SIHH 2015
Baselworld 2015: Ulysse Nardin FreakLab
For Baselworld 2015, the Uysse Nardin Freak has under gone a redesign to its movement and for the first time the watch features a date function. …
Watches
UN The Freak 10th Anniversary
Time flies…tempus fugit. Its already 10 years since a watch was introduced at the shocked Basel World and called “The Freak”. The late Rolf Schnyder, a…