Ulysse Nardin founded his watch brand in 1846. Ulysse Nardin released sea chronographs of top quality and very soon the company became popular. The company had fantastic fame up to the second half of the 20th century. Then electronic devices replaced sea instruments. That is why the brand started production of collector's wristwatches instead of sea chronographs. The new period in the company's history started in 1983 when the brand lost its popularity and was purchased by Rolf Schneider. Rolf Schneider is not a watch maker, however, being a good organizer Rolf Schneider started partnership with the best specialists, such as Ludwig Oechslin. Ludwig Oechslin offered that the company ought to release astronomic watches. Thus cooperation between two outstanding persons began and it resulted in presentation of the brilliant trilogy: Tellurium Johannes Kepler, Astrolabium Galileo Galilei and Planetarium Nicolas Kopernicus. These fantastic wristwatches let the owner to learn more about the universe. The Perpetual Ludovice GMT is considered one of the greatest UN watches, this watch features second time zone and other complications. The year 2002 was marked by presentation to public of the Freak wristwatch. The watch is truly great due to its unusual tourbillion. Other feature of this watch model is a triggering mechanism made up specially for this wristwatch. In 2003 the Sonata wristwatch was released. This watch model is an outstanding alarm clock whose sound is really very beautiful. In 2010 Ulysse Nardin presented the El Toro wristwatch. The watch features such functions as hours, minutes, seconds, second time zone, perpetual calendar and other nice complications. The El Toro comes with a gold or platinum case that makes the watch look very luxurious. The model has a sapphire crystal case back through which the movement can be seen. The wristwatch is waterproof up to 100 meters. The watch comes with an elegant rubber or alligator skin strap. The El Toro is offered in a limited edition of 500 pieces. Fantastictimepiece for true connoisseurs!