please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ulysse nardin industry watch manufacturing founded 1846 founder ulysse nardin headquarters le locle switzerland area served worldwide key people patrik p. hoffmann ceo products wristwatches writing instruments & accessories website ulysse nardin.com ulysse nardin is a luxury swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1846 in le locle switzerland which has remained in continuous production since . ulysse nardin has operated out of the same building headquartered in le locle switzerland since 1865 . historically the company is best known for its manufacture of highly accurate marine chronometers supplied at one point during the 1800s to over fifty of the world s navies . citation needed contents 1 history 2 trilogy of time 3 sponsorships 4 references 5 external links history edit founding his company in 1846 ulysse nardin first trained in horology under his father leonard frederic nardin and perfected his skills under the tutelage of frederic william dubois and louis jeanrichard dit bressel two master watchmakers whose fame extended beyond the mountains of neuchatel switzerland . ulysse nardin s marine chronometers have seen service with the navies of some 50 countries during the mid 1800s . citation needed in 1983 the company was acquired by businessman rolf schnyder who in conjunction with watchmaker ludwig oechslin 1 relaunched the brand . schnyder and oechslin would aim to produce complication timepieces using modern materials and manufacturing techniques . in 2014 ulysse nardin was acquired by the kering group formerly known as ppr . trilogy of time edit the first advancement of the company was the trilogy of time . this collection incorporated three different astrological pieces starting in 1985 with the release of the astrolabium galileo galilei . the astrolabium displays local and solar time the orbits and eclipses of the sun and the moon and the positions of several major stars . it was named by the guinness book of records in 1989 as the world s most functional watch with 21 distinct functions . dr. oechslin then followed the astrolabium up with two other astronomical watches in 1988 the planetarium copernicus named after the stargazing theaters called planetariums and of astronomer copernicus and in 1992 the tellurium johannes kepler named after the element tellurium and astronomer johannes kepler . planetarium copernicus astrolabium galileo galilei tellurium johannes kepler sponsorships edit in 2015 ulysse nardin announced its partnership with team artemis in the 2017 america s cup . references edit ludwig oechslin external links edit ulysse nardin.com the company s official website authority control worldcat identities viaf 243842713 gnd 4396317 1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ulysse nardin & oldid 726551859 categories 1846 establishments in switzerlandcompanies established in 1846le locleluxury brandsswiss watch brandswatch manufacturing companies of switzerlandkeringhidden categories articles lacking sources from december 2011all articles lacking sourcesarticles with a promotional tone from april 2015all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015wikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch fran ais polskiportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 22 june 2016 at 22 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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