It’s the turn of the Chinese zodiac’s most evocative creature this new year, and Switzerland is responding with fiery brio:

ULYSSE NARDIN BLAST TOURBILLON DRAGON

The creation of a 3D dragon appearing to wind its way beneath the watch’s hands and in between the planes of the geartrain as well as the Ulysse Nardin Blast’s ‘X’ motif presented significant challenges. Over two years’ development this has provoked bespoke adjustments to the case, bezel and ‘glass-box’ crystal to accommodate the rose-gold creature, crafted entirely by hand over four days: three days for the engraving, one for the painstaking application of gradated shades of red, orange and yellow – from the scales of its ripping tail to its gleaming whiskers and its individual claws.