This here thing, they call it Ulysse Nardin Freak. Sounds kinda fancy, don’t it? Well, it’s a watch, that’s what it is. A real pricey one, too. I seen it in one of them shiny magazines. Lordy, the things they come up with these days!
This Ulysse Nardin Freak, it ain’t like no watch I ever seen. My old man, bless his soul, he had a pocket watch. Simple thing, it was. Told the time, that’s all you need, ain’t it? But this here, it’s all different. It’s like, some kind of space thing!
They say this Freak watch is made outta titanium. Now, that’s a word I heard before, titanium. Strong stuff, I reckon. They use it for all sorts of things, even them airplanes. So, this watch, it’s gotta be tough. It’s 45 millimeters they said, that’s for the size. Not too big and not too small, just right I think.
And get this, they say it’s a tour-bill-on. Sounds like a whirlwind, don’t it? It’s some fancy way they make the insides, so it keeps good time, even better than my grandpa’s old watch. That’s saying something, cause that watch kept good time for decades, all that work in the field.
- It’s got this thing, a UN-205. That’s what makes it tick, they say.
- And it goes for seven days! Seven whole days without winding it up.
- Now that’s somethin’. Back in my day, you had to wind your watch every day, or it would stop.
This Ulysse Nardin Freak, it’s for them rich folks, I reckon. They say it costs a fortune. I heard some number, forty somethin’. I don’t know, could be thousands, could be more! Who spends that much on a watch? My whole house didn’t cost that much!
It is a pretty thing, though. All shiny and new. I seen a picture, it was all blue, a navy blue Ulysse Nardin Freak. They got different kinds, I suppose. This one was called a 2403-500-3A/3A. What a mouthful! Who comes up with these names?
They say it’s “cutting-edge.” That means it’s the newest thing, the best of the best. Like when you get a brand new tractor, all shiny and powerful. This watch, it’s like the brand new tractor of watches.
And “disruptive design.” That just means it’s different, ain’t it? It don’t look like other watches. It’s like, they took a regular watch and turned it inside out, upside down, and every which way. And it’s beautiful!
This company, Ulysse Nardin, they been making watches for a long, long time. One hundred and seventy-five years! That’s longer than I been alive, that’s longer than my mama been alive, longer than my grandma been alive! That’s a long time to be making watches.
I guess they know what they’re doing, huh? Makin’ these fancy watches for all them rich folks. Me, I’m happy with my little clock on the wall. It tells the time, and that’s all I need. It ain’t no Ulysse Nardin Freak, but it works just fine.
This Freak watch, it’s some kind of marvel, I suppose. All them little gears and things, working together. It’s like a tiny little world inside that watch. And they say it’s ingenious, real clever like. They’re right, it must take some smart folks to make somethin’ like that. Back in 2001, it was a big deal, a real big deal.
It’s a titanium case, or sometimes it could be gold. And ceramic, too. That’s like them plates we used to have, the fancy ones for Sunday dinner. So, this watch, it’s tough like titanium, and pretty like them ceramic plates. It’s a mix of everything, ain’t it?
Some folks, they love these Ulysse Nardin watches. I heard someone say it’s their favorite. They must have a lot of money to be collectin’ them things. It’s like collectin’ them porcelain dolls, but way more expensive, I reckon. They got a lot of different ones, this Ulysse Nardin company. It is a big portfolio, whatever that means.
Well, I guess that’s all I know about this Ulysse Nardin Freak watch. It’s a fancy thing, for sure. Too fancy for me, but I can see why some folks like it. It’s like a little piece of art, I suppose. A tiny, expensive, time-telling piece of art. And that’s somethin’, ain’t it?
