The [Super] Freak is the world’s first automatic double tourbillon, an unprecedented design
by Carlo Cattaneo
Over the past 25 years, the Freak concept has been explored in all its forms, each pushing the boundaries further than the last.
With the [Super] Freak, the Maison brings together all its expertise to create something entirely new: a bold reinterpretation shaped by 180 years of tradition, innovation and craftsmanship. At its heart beats a completely new in-house calibre, the UN-252, a powerhouse of mechanical engineering comprising no fewer than 511 components.
Each of the two tourbillons completes a full rotation every 60 seconds. The time is set via the bezel, whilst the movement is wound via the case back.
It took four years of intensive development to bring this technical masterpiece to life. Conceived as the ultimate distillation of the best of the Freak, this model brings together the collection’s most iconic mechanisms and patented inventions, whilst introducing an unprecedented level of complexity, notably through the integration of a double tourbillon and a seconds display, now made possible by the new patented gimbal system.
(Ulysse Nardin – Freak – Barchemagazine.com – Excerpted from Barche, July 2026)
