Ulysse Nardin - Paul Nardin small 5-minute repeater with original box and certificate circa 1900. Fancy white enamel dial with black and gold markings and fancy gold hands. Plain polish case with repeater slide in the band. Nickel 27 jewel movement jeweled to the center and the hammers and with wolf tooth winding. Signed Ulysse Nardin along the gongs.
When activated, this watch chimes the time using different chime tones to designate the hours and five minute intervals with lovely chimes. Particularly fine condition.
Ulysse Nardin was born in 1823 in Le Locle, Switzerland. He was an acomplished watchmaker having trained under his father, Leonard-Frederic Nardin and later under two master watchmakers, Frederic William Dubois and Louis JeanRichard-dit-Bressel. The company Ulysse Nardin was founded in 1846 and remained under Ulysse's control until his passing in 1876, when his 21-year old son, Paul-David Nardin took over. 1876 was also the year in which Paul- David Nardin received the only Gold Medal ever awarded at the Concours international de réglage de Genève as well as the Prix d'Honneur. The firm went on to receive numerous awards all over the world. The company name went through a number of changes and reverted back to Ulysse Nardin in 1922.