![]() For the Lady Rainbow Diver in Black, black structured rubber strap, black alligator strap with white stitching and black ceramic tang buckle. For the Lady Rainbow Diver in White, white structured strap, and a white alligator strap with a stainless-steel tang buckle. Strap/Bracelet: For the Blast, black velvet waterproof rubber or black alligator strap. Water Resistance: 50 meters for the Blast 300 for the Lady Divers Lume: Black hands in Super-LumiNova on the Blast 12 o'clock index and hands with Super-LumiNova on the Rainbow Lady Divers. For the Lady Rainbow Diver in Black, black dial, 11 diamonds, 0.12 CTS (Black). For the Lady Rainbow Diver in White, silver dial, 11 diamonds, 0.12 CTS. For the Lady Diver Rainbow in White, stainless steel polished case for Lady Rainbow Diver in Black, black stainless steel case.ĭial Color: Skeleton/Rectangle and double X in black/Black indexes set with 12 rainbow baguette gemstones for the Blast. Since 1846, the Ulysse Nardin Manufacture has been disrupting watchmaking with timepieces inspired by the sea. Reference Number: 1723-400B1LE-2B-RAIN/3, 8163-182B1LE-1A-RAIN/3A, 8163-182B1LE-2A-RAIN/3AĬase Material: Black DLC titanium middle-case, black ceramic polished & sandblasted upper-case, stainless steel polished case, black stainless steel case for the Blast. We're currently offering another piece of memorabilia associated with a near-contemporary of Joyce: a preserved autograph of Thomas Hardy, who died a few years after Joyce's groundbreaking Ulysses.Model: Blast Tourbillon Rainbow, Lady Diver Rainbow White, Lady Diver Rainbow Black (In fact is selling some of the Christmas Carol author's hair at the moment.) We've sold a strand of Charles Dickens's hair as well as documents written by the man. When collecting authors, it's never been exclusively about the books, however. In 2009, an unsigned Ulysses 1922 first edition sold for £275,000, while one of only two Joyce-signed first editions made $460,000 (£285,000) at Christie's in 2002. Ulysses is a book which has consistently inspired collectors. "The watch was purchased by an Irish collector whose son was born on Bloomsday and to whom he intends leaving it." "When we first saw the watch and chain we suggested to one another that it could conceivably make as much as €25,000 but tempered our expectations and our client's as a conservative estimate had a much better chance of providing success. In the event, bidders were extremely to get hold of the watch - a unique opportunity to get close to Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of one of the 20 th century's truly iconic novels - and it finally sold for €60,000 (around $80,700). They could have been more sanguine about it. It was listed at €8,000 (roughly $10,700), suggesting a caution by the auction house (Adam's) as to how much weight the literary connection would carry. This is a 1967 drama film loosely based on James Joyces 1922 novel, Ulysses. John O'Connell's gold pocket watch with chain from James Joyce's Ulysses ![]() ![]() "The caretaker hung his thumbs in the loops of his gold watch chain and spoke in a discreet tone to their vacant smiles." The caretaker existed, and he owned a gold watch with a chain just as his fictional alter-ego did: This was not a watch inspired by that in book, nor a piece of memorabilia from a film adaptation or the suchlike, but that belonging to John O'Connell, the caretaker of Glasnevin Cemetery.Īlthough Ulysses is not a biography, James Joyce drew on real life for the novel. However, at a recent Irish auction there was a remarkable exception: The gold watch from a character in Ulysses went under the hammer. Sadly, it's usually not possible to collect memorabilia from the creatures of an author's mind. Collectors and fans of great works of literature sometimes wish that they could meet or get closer to the characters in the novels. ![]()
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