HISTORY
Under the leadership of the Maillardet family, watch-makers since the 18th century, Ultra produced the first French automatic watch in 1949 and grew to become one of the major actors of the French clock making scene in the 1950’s and 1960’s
PRECISION + CRAFTSMANSHIP
Because watch-making perfection can only be achieved through absolute precision, we control and fine-tune all our movements before and after assembly to meet the highest standards of time-keeping, performed by highly skilled artisans who contribute to making every piece exceptional and unique.
THE SUPERAUTOMATIC
The Superautomatic was the first French-made automatic watch, boasting an in-house developed automatic module fitted on a regular hand-winding caliber. Its technology was using a two-way rotor that preceded Seiko’s “Magic Lever” by over 15 years and was even sold to Citizen for their very first automatic watch in 1958.
