Ulysse Nardin Big Unit Chronograph Limited Edition Luxury Watch Review

http://thewatchbox.com Ok, this one came out of left field, but the result is compelling. Randy Johnson, 300 game-winner and baseball all-time great, and Ulysse Nardin of Le Locle, Switzerland, issued this Big Unit Chronograph in 2012. With a design guided by Randy Johnson's personal tastes in luxury watches, the result is shockingly good. Granted, baseball and chronographs don't seem as natural a match as chronographs and motor sports or Olympic track events, but Big Unit Chronograph succeeds because of how subtly the MLB references are rendered. At the dial's center, a baseball forms the counterweight to the chronograph seconds hand; the sundial at 6 o'clock features a compact reference to Randy's famous nickname, and the unidirectional dive bezel features Johnson's signature #51 in place of the usual 50 minute calibration. And that's it. The remainder of the design focuses on high-impact visuals without resorting to the kind of blinding brightwork that blights many athlete-inspired limited editions. Rich rose gold is used on the dial and bezel as an accent: it's effective jewelry and a case study in the right way to employ gold on a sports watch The entire case, bezel shoulders, pushers, crown, and bezel inserts are coated in a durable layer of textured matte black rubber. Its effect on the skin is to remove the shock of donning a cold watch, and the visuals really deliver. Ulysse Nardin's Big Unit Chronograph features ceramic links that articulate the straps beyond