History
Founder, watchmaker Ulysse Nardin, was an accomplished watchmaker who studied horology under his father, Leonard-Frederic Nardin; Frederic William Dubois; and Louis Jean Richard-dit-Bressel in Switzerland.
Before the advent of quartz timepieces, merchant and military ships relied on highly accurate mechanical timepieces known as marine chronometers. The best known of these was the company's M,GR.F model. Of the 4,504 certificates for marine chronometers issued, 4,324 were issued to the company (Lucien F Trueb, Watchtime).
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