Ulysse Nardin Marine Acqua Perpetual 333-77 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com More than a "utility" watch, the 1-of-500 limited edition Ulysse Nardin Marine Acqua Perpetual (calendar) dive watch joins the ultimate in practical complications with the most versatile style of luxury timepiece. By combining the world's most user-friendly perpetual calendar with an exquisite "flinque" lacquer dial worthy of a museum berth, Ulysse Nardin has created a watch that may never leave the fortunate owner's wrist. In the post-1980s world, mechanical watches have risen from the ashes of the "Quartz Crisis" to conquer the Olympus of upscale fashion. Dive watches, once considered implements for utilitarian exploits, have become the chosen currency of accomplished collectors, enthusiasts, and casual buyers of premium men's fashion. As such, the rugged diver has become a de rigueur companion to formal attire. Today, a 200-meter dive watch such as the Ulysse Nardin Marine Acqua Perpetual is as likely to find a home on the trading floor of the NYSE as the seafloor. Viewed in this context, the Ulysse Nardin Marine Acqua Perpetual begins to make sound sense. Its perpetual calendar is a thematic nod the modern adoption of the diver as a man's do-it-all watch. When a watch remains on the wrist from shower to office to pool party to bedtime, it becomes a "perpetual" companion. An extraordinary "flinque" dial and bezel feature rich blue lacquer atop a complex underlying guilloche. The undulating pattern of the guilloche cut was rendered on a