Ulysse Nardin Collaborates With One More Wave for New Diver Chronometer

Ulysse Nardin and the non-profit One More Wave (OMW) have partnered to produce a limited-edition watch commemorating Veterans Day. This is, however, their second collaboration.

The Diver Deep Dive OMW, the Swiss designer’s first charitable collaboration piece, was unveiled in 2019. With the release of the Diver Chronometer 44 millimeter One More Wave this month, the team expanded upon their prior endeavor. The watch company and the foundation are a great combination since they are passionate about serving those in the armed forces.

 

To enable injured and disabled soldiers to recuperate through surf therapy, One More Wave offers them specialized surfing gear and access to an international surfing volunteer platform. Ulysse Nardin, likewise, has been collaborating with the United States military for over a century. Initially, it provided ships and submarines with portable aboard chronometers during the early 1900s and subsequently acted as the US Navy’s official watch.

François-Xavier Hotier, CEO of Ulysse Nardin Americas, stated that they are happy to debut their newest watch alongside One More Wave and couldn’t picture a finer partner to help US troops. They believed launching this watch on Veterans Day was the ideal way to honor US soldiers and help their society. Furthermore, they strive to do all they can to help this great group and hope to create wider awareness of One More Wave.

The 44-millimeter black DLC titanium casing of the limited-edition Diver Chronometer OMW is a contemporary diver boasting a striking turquoise with black style. Vibrant turquoise elements that run right from the dial towards the band and the caseback are present throughout the piece, which is finished with a grey rubber strap. Moreover, the display caseback of the watch’s Caliber UN 118 self-winding movement is visible when you turn it over. The “One More Wave” emblem is also engraved in the middle in vivid black and turquoise colors.

 

 

Generally, there are just 100 pieces available of this Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronometer One More Wave edition.

 

About One More Wave

Surfing is the game that arouses the most enthusiasm among all those played above and beneath the waves. It is, in fact, one of the oldest sports, having originated in Polynesia during the twelfth century. Thus, the non-profit organization One More Wave uses this innate strength to assist handicapped American veterans in dealing with the effects of battle and rediscovering their joys.

Former Navy SEAL Alex West established one More Wave. It focuses on making personalized surfboards for veterans who have undergone various forms of injury in their line of duty, including amputations. Furthermore, it modifies a board to suit any physical difficulty, even multiple amputations, by collaborating with expert surfboard shapers and artists. One More Wave also delivers the support required to get their customers out on the waves and the path to mental rehabilitation, which is equally as vital as offering the kit.

Alex seems to have been destined to create this non-profit, retrospectively. His service tours included the battles in Afghanistan and Iraq, then 11 years with the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. In short, he has been surfing his entire life. Therefore, he developed the concept to merge surf treatment and art therapy following a helicopter mishap that landed him in the hospital, his struggles during his grueling recovery, and his volunteerism with Balboa Naval Hospital Surf Clinic afterward.

Later, Alex discovered a subset of wounded veterans who wanted to surf in Balboa. Yet, because of their wounds’ severity, they could not utilize a surfboard. As a result, he started working on his first board. He sold sell t-shirts out of the trunk of his truck to raise money. However, visiting the bookshop gave him the boost he needed to launch One More Wave. 

 

 

Alex then went to the self-help area to check if he could get a book to support and guide him along the journey after deciding that establishing a legitimate non-profit was the right path. Sadly, most of the books on exhibit were written by PhDs individuals and used terminologies beyond his income range. He didn’t understand he could accomplish this till he gazed at the “Non-Profit Kit for Dummies” cover.  

With 600 surfboards afterward, the rest, as people say, is history.