iW Magazine iW Magazine Summer 2017 | Page 86

Nautical Watches ULYSSE NARDIN Ulysse Nardin’s special edition Marine Regatta watch, with the Swedish team’s signature colors . THE CALL OF THE SEA ULYSSE NARDIN’S LONG history as a maker of marine chrono- graphs makes it a natural to team with high-level yacht racing. That in part is why Ulysse Nardin supported its partners, the Swedish Artemis Racing sailing team, as they competed in a bid to win the 35th America’s Cup. The team’s new racing yacht, called Magic Blue, was christened last February in Bermuda and is a new America’s Cup Class (ACC) yacht measuring 49.2 feet long. The Artemis Racing crew includes some of the most successful and respected sailors and designers in the world. The team members, in total, 86 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2017 represent experience in twelve America’s Cup, twenty-one Olympic Games (winning eleven medals, including seven gold medals.) The boat’s design team has been involved in a total of sixty-four America’s cup campaigns, including fourteen victories. Artemis Racing represents Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet (KSSS – the Royal Swedish Yacht Club), the fifth- oldest yacht club in the world. The club has produced Olympians and world-class sailors over the last decades and Artemis Racing honors its Swedish heritage with its signature colors blue and yellow. iWMAGAZINE .COM