Ulysse Nardin teams with Norwegian outdoor sportswear brand Norrøna to launch the Diver Norrona Arctic Night, a limited edition dive watch. Alongside the launch Ulysse Nardin has also partnered with Norwegian polar explorer Børge Ousland, who is a long-time wearer of Norrøna arctic wear.
The new watch is essentially a new black iteration of the Ocean Race Diver, the most sustainable watch in Ulysse Nardin’s collection. Ulysse Nardin explains that its designers were inspired by Norwegian Fjords and volcanic rocks as it created the black, gray and white color palette of the new watch.
The launch underscores Ulysse Nardin’s commitment to using sustainable materials to produce its watches. 
Ulysse Nardin makes the watch’s sidecase and case-back from forty percent Carbonium and sixty percent recycled fishing nets. The case itself is made of eighty percent recycled automotive materials, as supplied by Voestalpine Boehler from Austria. The watch’s strap is made of 100% recycled fishing nets. 
In addition, Ulysse Nardin creates the bezel decoration from 100% Carbonium, created from recycled aircraft parts. Even the movement, the automatic UN-118, is built with locally sourced components made within thirty kilometers of the Ulysse Nardin’s Swiss facilities.
Ulysse Nardin will make twenty-nine Diver Norrona Arctic Night watches, each sold with an Arktis Gore-Tex Pro Norrøna jacket starting November 2. Price: $12,600.
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