Editor's note: This watch might not be the newest release but, by gosh, it's as fresh today as the day it passed final quality control. We take another look at the*Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture Grand Feu …* Ulysse Nardin pulled out all the stops for its*first SIHH showing. In a fair characterised by conservative product releases, the Le Locle-based manufacturer presented*a strong line-up of novelties, with a strong nautical theme. Highlights included the new regatta timer, the technically impressive Marine Grand Deck, as well as this watch – the Classico Manufacture Grand Feu. This very traditional timepiece is jam-packed with*smart details and offered at a highly competitive price. At 40mm across, the round steel case is hard to dislike, with its wide polished bezel, slightly clawed lugs set into the case middle, and a crown that's simple, sturdy and not at all fiddly. Nice though the case is, it doesn't hold a candle to what's within. The movement is the UN-320 caliber, made entirely in-house, down to the silicium hairspring and escapement – a feat of which the brand is rightly proud (the oft-repeated message at SIHH was that none of the other exhibiting brands made their own silicon hairsprings).…

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