The Ulysse Nardin Freak Is The Craziest Watch Ever Made | Watchfinder & Co.

this is a you listener Dan freak and it is quite simply the single craziest watch ever made that's a bold claim because there are a lot of crazy watches but this one wins the all-time craziest today I'm going to review the USA now then freak I'm going to show you all of its quirks and features and then I'm going to put it on my wrist and wear it you may think of us a nerd an is a manufacturer of unassuming and uninteresting watches but you'd be wrong this is a manufacturer that has developed and introduced some of the most innovative and exciting complications the industry has ever seen including the perpetual calendar that can go backwards as well as forwards are completely free-floating tobe on experiments of escapements and also this the you listener dan freak and it's called freak not because that's how people reacted to it when they saw it but because the man in charge of you listener then at the time roth schneider himself declared that it was you have to understand that this was all the way back in 2001 when the name of urk meant contemporary minimalism when M B and F was still a distant twinkle in then harry winston CEO max boozes i the freak was the first despite almost two centuries of heritage schneider had purchased the company during the ailing years following the quartz crisis decided that with the help of master watch maker dr. Ludwig Oakland he was going to make us a nar down and name to remember and the freak did just that they could have limited the watch to just one crazy feature but they didn't they went with all of them we'll start with the way it looks and you have to agree the name very much does this watch justice instead of a dial the freak has an enormous cavity almost as deep as the watch itself which despite being a not outrageous 12 millimeter thickness makes this watch seem practically cavernous and instead of hands the watch quite simply has a movement that's right the watch's hands are also the movement this means that the minute-hand which of course rotates once every hour is also a kind of tour beyond although instead of just the escapement rotating over and over again it's the entire movement the hour hand is perhaps a little more traditional although it's still far from normal fixed to a disc that rotates in its entirety behind the movement it's just so bold so ostentatious and I'm so glad that you listen Arden did it the first run back in 2001 was limited to just a few pieces but the demand for this crazy watch skyrocketed and a number of different versions have made it into regular production since there's been models with diamond-tipped markers elaborate single piece silicon balance wheels toby ons within the tour beyond a multi-layered blade based oscillator with no traditional spring and the unfortunately named grinder silicon automatic winding system but it's the first the original mechanism that will always be known as the watch that freaked people out but we're only just getting started because this watch gets even crazier as if having the entire movement rotating around the dial in place of the minute hand wasn't enough the movement itself is one of the most innovative and groundbreaking ever created why because in 2001 this calibre was the first ever in watchmaking to use the material silicon you hear about silicon being used all over these days but back then it was unheard of anti-magnetic incapable of being formed into some incredibly wear resistant complex shapes silicon is the modern miracle found in watchmaking escapements even the old traditionalist Patek Phillipe is using it but the you listener Dan freak was the first and not only that but dr. Ludwig Ashlin didn't just replace standard escapement parts like the like with silicon ones he redesigned the escapement entirely by using silicones incredible ability to take any two-dimensional shape no matter how complex a twin escape wheel system was developed that uses four contact points instead of two to keep the balance wheel spinning and that's barely scratching the surface you may have noticed that there's no crown on this thing no ugly plebeian protrusion to take away from the symmetry of the Marvel that is the Freak so how exactly are you supposed to adjust the time and wind the mainspring it's simple but also crazy to set the time you reach below the bezel and pull up on the little plaque that lists the movements rate of twenty eight thousand eight hundred beats per minute then you can grasp the bezel and turn it rotating the entire movement until it's pointing in the right direction to tell the time it's absurd it's so ridiculous to watch the whole mechanisms spin around like it's the most normal thing in the world you may also notice that the pivot point in the middle a little polished cap actually sits on the outside of the crystal which means it must go through a tiny little hole in the center I'll bet your watch doesn't have that and what about the winding the urethane Arden does not disappoint the mechanism just as freaky as the rest of it all you have to do is turn the watch over grasp the case back and twist in the direction of the little arrow and the seven days of power reserve will begin to wind up even crazier still is the little window that goes around as you wind revealing the enormous size of the mainspring seriously this thing spans the entire case it looks more like a spring for a clockwork toy than it does a watch but then this whole thing is more like a toy than it is a watch and so that's the unison ah damn freak a watch that truly lives up to its name not only does it look crazy the way you read it is crazy that where you set it is crazy and even the way you wind it is crazy there are some other pretty out-there watches but that you listen hard and freak is by far the most incredible anyway now it's time to give the you listener and freak back again discover more exceptional watches at watch finder if you enjoyed this video please like and subscribe if there are any other watches you'd like to see reviewed please let us know in the comments below

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Length: 7min 33sec (453 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 08 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

Wow this is amazing.

I'm absolutely in love with this watch.

Its the type of watch that I couldn't disagree with you if you hated it, but I absolutely adore it.

[u/jak1oak]

You a freak bro! 😆

[u/Ravenhunter85]

Now this is a cool watch

[u/imnotAmitt]

This watch looks absolutely insane. Any chance of this being repped anywhere?

[u/sourcefinder1231]

Oh what a lovely watch 🥰🥰🥰