Anyone know anything about Early Ulysee Nardin Watches?

I'm trying to figure out what year this watch would be... The dial is perfectly aged and almost looks WW1 era but i think the hands hint that it's a bit newer...

Dial

Movement

Case

wow!

I cannot wait to find my serial number info on this one!

Looks a tad later than WWI but W O W ! !

Jeff

This watch looks great and all original, but are those extra screw marks on the case, or is that a shadow?

Tom

Based on the information here:

http://www.ssina.com/stainless/history.htm

Industrial Development

Harry Brearley, chief of the research lab run jointly by John Brown & Co. and Thomas Firth & Sons, is generally accredited as the initiator of the industrial era of stainless steel. Most of his work was on 430 (the chemical analysis was patented in 1919). The first product was table cutlery and it is still used today.

I would say that the watch case is post-1919, later than the Great War.
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Thank You... Jeff do you know who would have a Ulysee Nardin serial number chart with year of manufacture?

I didn't realize you could get help from the Manufacturers... Ulysee Nardin was kind enough to research this one.

Dear Mr. Barros:

I am pleased to share the following results of the archival search that was performed on your behalf:

The year of production is 1908 (December 24th in fact!). The Caliber is Ulysse 12". A total of 90 such pieces were produced.

Your timepiece is indeed lovely!

Best Regards,

Lin

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Lin Coyle
Executive Assistant
Ulysse Nardin, Inc.
6001 Broken Sound Parkway
Suite 504
Boca Raton, FL 33487
Phone (561) 988-8600
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Outstanding, John and even more so, now that you know 90 were produced!

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I didn't realize you could get help from the Manufacturers...

Absolutely!

So glad you mentioned this as it's something I've done in the past with Omega. I received operating instructions, including time zone feature information. This was supplemental to my google, etc searches which yielded little.

Contacting the manufacturer is a useful resource. I encourage others to do the same.

John,

Wow!, that was a great information, and the watch an Ulysee Nardin form 1908, wow!, did the manufacturer validate the type of hands as originals?

Regards and congratulations