Released in a limited edition of 12 pieces, the Urwerk UR-105 TTH ‘Tantalum Hull’ marks the final edition of the UR-105 model. Cased in the UR-105 CT ‘soap bar’ —due to its shape reminiscent of a soap bar— the case is made of titanium and tantalum. Measuring 39.5 mm wide by 53 mm long, the new Urwerk UR-105 TTH 'Tantalum Hull' is sporting one of our favorite metals.
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News: Presenting the Urwerk UR-100V Blue Planet
Urwerk’s horological Skunk Works launches a limited edition of 25 pieces into orbit. The new UR-100V “Blue Planet” tracks the earth and our solar system: it’s a 24-hour invitation to interstellar travel and the pleasure of savoring time. With interplanetary imagination, science-fiction iconography, and limitless creative freedom, Urwerk has its roots in spatial horology.
News: Presenting the Urwerk UR-100V T-Rex. A 22-Piece Limited Edition.
T-Rex is the name given to the latest iteration of Urwerk’s UR-100 collection. It carries both Urwerk’s genome in its satellite hours and that of its namesake in the primal texture of its reinforced hide of bronze. The UR-100V T-Rex is decidedly a creature you’ll want to tame. But wouldn’t want to stroke the eight-ton, 12-foot high Tyrannosaurus rex. In addition to its massive jaws equipped with 60 dagger-like teeth, it has a hide like a rasp. Best leave the creature to your imagination.
News: Presenting the Urwerk EMC Timehunter Stormtrooper
The new Urwerk EMC Timehunter White Ceramic aka Stormtrooper was an easy nickname to choose, from Martin and Felix’s love of sci-fi and in particular, Star Wars. The universe that George Lucas built have heavily influenced the design of Urwerk timepieces over the years. The signature armor of the Stormtrooper was an instant icon ever since it blasted onto the scene in 1977. Designed for Lucas by Ralph McQuarrie, a conceptual artist who also worked on Battle Starship Galactica and E.T.
News: Presenting the Urwerk UR-100V Iron Limited Edition
Urwerk has added a new watch to its UR-100 series. The new UR-100V Iron comes cased in steel and titanium, monochrome and unadorned, to highlight its most delicate finish — all done by hand. No extreme colors but subtle touches of blue and red. Form and finish together create an ever-changing chiaroscuro over polished, matte, sanded, and shot-blasted surfaces. In addition to Urwerk’s trademark satellite configuration of the wandering hours and minutes, the UR-100V Iron brings your spin through space into sharp focus.
News: Urwerk UR-220 Falcon Project Carbon Edition with a Revamped Oil Change Indicator
Just a few months after launching its UR-210 final edition watch, Urwerk presents the UR-220 Falcon Project. With its manually wound movement and control board on its back, the new UR-220 goes back to Urwerk’s earlier technologies in a case that is sleeker, more ergonomic, and as stunning as ever. One exceptional feature is the return of the Oil Change indicator in a new way. Urwerk’s signature Oil Change indicator returns after years of absence to show the accumulated engine running time of the watch.
News: Presenting the Urwerk EMC Time Hunter Desert Sage
Out-of-the-box, out of competition and out of this world as befits any Urwerk creation, the new EMC Time Hunter features an unprecedented surface finishing ensuring an amazing result: a military beige chronometer teamed with a camouflage canvas strap that earns it the nickname Desert Sage. Its case withstands the test of time thanks to a ceramic-type lacquer treatment. The latter, beyond its protective properties, beautifully enhances the finely grained surface of the micro-bead-blasted steel.
News: Presenting the Urwerk UR-210 Final Edition
Urwerk presents the final edition of its iconic UR-210. And this is the ideal time to highlight the seven features that have made the UR-210 so special. Inspired by marine chronometers, the Urwerk UR-210 features a retrograde system with winding efficiency. Fitted with a steel and titanium with a black DLC coating case measuring 53.6 mm in length, 43.8 mm in width, and 17.8 mm in height, the UR-210 is unlike anything else out there. For this final edition, a total of only seven pieces have been made.
News: Urwerk UR-100 Gold Edition. The First Piece to be Auctioned to Fight COVID-19.
This new creation is the fourth episode in the UR-100 saga, recounting the adventures of an atypical time instrument written, produced, and directed by Urwerk. The UR-100 Gold Edition pushes the boundaries of technology, design, indications, and functionality. First and foremost, the UR-100 Gold Edition is very slim for a satellite-geared watch with angular contours; it’s an elongated octagon with three notched sides. The form uses subtle asymmetry, taking clues from Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon.
Rare Bird: Urwerk UR-110 Eastwood with an Ebony Case and Limited to 5 Pieces
Spotting a Urwerk timepiece in the wild is already a rarity; therefore, running into a Urwerk UR-110 Eastwood with an ebony top case is even rarer. The UR-110 continues to be Urwerk’s radical tradition of telling the time using orbiting satellite complications. In the UR-110, time is always shown on the right side of the watch. In the case of the Urwerk Eastwood, the case measuring 47 mm x 51 mm x 16 mm is made out of ebony precious wood. Unconventional in terms of time telling but also very unconventional in terms of the use of precious wood for the top part of the case. This is the final timepiece in the UR-110 series.
News: Urwerk UR-100 GunMetal. The Third Iteration of the UR-100 Space Time.
The Urwerk U-100 was initially released in two different versions back in September 2019 under the Space-Time names. You can see the previous iterations of this watch here. The Urwerk UR-100 Space-Time was launched in two 25-piece limited editions, one referred to as UR-100 Iron in titanium and steel, and the second one UR-100 Black in black PVD-coated titanium and black PVD-coated steel. The Urwerk UR-100 was inspired by a 19th-century pendulum clock —a present to Felix Baumgartner from his father Geri, a now-retired renowned clock restorer— made by Gustave Sandoz for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.
News: Presenting the UR-Bethune Moon Satellite. A One-Off Signed De Bethune x Urwerk for ONLY Watch Auction.
Expressing the perfection of the celestial order, this unique timepiece is a complex interaction of mechanisms specific to De Bethune and Urwerk and a true fusion of their watchmaking genes. This one-off watch signed De Bethune x Urwerk has been expressly made for the ONLY Watch auction taking place next November 9, 2019. In support of the ONLY Watch biennial charity auction of unique timepieces, De Bethune and Urwerk have joined their creative energies for the very first time to bring a timepiece unlike any other.
News: Presenting the Urwerk UR-100 Space Time. Two 25-piece Limited Editions.
The Urwerk UR-100 was inspired by a 19th century pendulum clock —a present to Felix Baumgartner from his father Geri, a now-retired renowned clock restorer— made by Gustave Sandoz for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The regulator-style dial does not show time. Instead it shows the distance of the Earth’s rotation at the equator. The extra-long pendulum beats every 2.16 seconds, making every oscillation one kilometer. The main dial has a scale of 10,000 kilometers, shown in units of 100 kilometers, so that each tick —half oscillation— indicates 500 meters traveled on the Earth’s surface—at the equator. The top subdial —10 km— is divided into 10 units, while the lower subdial showing a total of 40,000 km —approximately the equatorial circumference of the Earth— is divided into increments of 1,000 km.
Insider: Urwerk UR-111C Black Cobra. A Stealthy and Unconventional Time Telling Wristwatch.
The Urwerk UR-111C Black Cobra is the first watch without wandering-hours that has been released by Urwerk. First released in two variants, including polished steel and gunmetal grey steel, the new Urwerk UR-111C Black Cobra is cloaked in a completely black case —in 316SL steel and grade 5 titanium, PVD coated in black— that makes the watch look as stealth and striking as it gets. Equipped with a roller and a case construction out of a Sci-fi movie, the UR-111C Black Cobra features a non-conventional way of setting the time and winding the watch. Prominent red, yellow and green indications present time through the use of an anodized aluminum cylinder and LIGA-processed nickel second wheels in a what is a jumping hours, linear retrograde minutes and digital seconds timepiece.
Baselworld 2019: Urwerk UR-T8 Colibri Unique Piece in Collaboration with Emmanuel Esposito. Live Pictures & Price.
Emmanuel Esposito is the creator of extraordinary art knives and the collaborator involved in the release of the new Urwerk UR-T8 Colibri just unveiled at Baselworld 2019. This unique piece that is sold accompanied by an art knife by Esposito is a very elaborate piece of horology with the most unique look. Esposito’s passion for knives started at an early age back home in Italy. He developed his distinctive and unique style over the years, using high-tech materials like carbon fiber and metal alloys along with traditional materials like gold and mother of pearl. When URWERK approached him with an offer to work together, and showed him the UR-T8, he said yes unhesitatingly and decided to create a one-off matching knife for the watch.
SIHH 2019: Urwerk UR-105 CT Maverick. Live Pictures & Pricing.
After the huge success of the UR-105 CT Streamliner and the UR-105 CT Kryptonite comes a new iteration of this iconic model this time with a bronze and titanium case construction under the name CT Maverick. A watch that could very well be shaped after the helmet of a Roman Centurion , the new Urwerk Maverick is a timepiece that would evolve acquiring the patina of the owner’s lifestyle. Constructed to withstand the daily abuse of its wearer, the UR-10 CT Maverick features Urwerk’s wandering satellite hours where the hours, minutes and seconds are indicated at the front thanks to the emblematic and instantly recognizable signature element of the brand for 18 years.
News: Urwerk UR-111C. An Unconventional Timepiece with Optical Fiber in two 25-Piece Limited Editions.
Urwerk’s departures from its signature theme of wandering-hour indications have always been spectacular and the new just released Urwerk UR-111C is no exception. This latest exercise in complex micro-mechanics is a worthy rival to the brand’s other "Special Projects" line, in both originality and mechanical virtuosity. In the Urwerk tradition, none of the indications of this UR-111C watch are conventional: The minutes are shown in two different ways —linearly for eyes pleasure and digitally for precision.
Insider: Urwerk UR-105 CT Kryptonite. Mint Green Accents that Make the Watch Light Up.
o celebrate 20 years of their existence, Urwerk released the UR-105 CT Streamliner towards the end of 2017. Masters of horological disruption and the first independent brand to break the mold of watchmaking, Urwerk has continuously released irreverent and unique looking timepieces designed by Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei. While the new UR-105 CT Kryptonite is not necessarily a totally new watch but a watch based off of the CT Streamliner with mint green accents and a gorgeous titanium case, this Baselworld 2018 release is even better than its predecessor.
Baselworld 2018: Urwerk AMC Atomic Master Clock. Hands-on with the Watch that Pushes All Boundaries of Horology.
In a groundbreaking move from independent watchmaker Urwerk comes the new Urwerk AMC —Atomic Master Clock. This combination between an incredible Urwerk mechanical timepiece and an Atomic Master Clock 'Monolith' console, is like something coming out of a science fiction movie or an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Taking its inspiration by the concept behind the Breguet Pendule Sympathique Clocks, the new Urwerk AMC timepiece is as innovative as it gets and living proof that when it comes to 'haute horlogerie', there are no boundaries.
Insider: Urwerk UR-105 CT Streamliner. Like Wearing a Military Inspired Object on the Wrist.
Less than two weeks ago, we brought you the news about the new Urwerk UR-105 CT Streamliner released to celebrate the 20 years of this independent manufacture. Today, we bring you our hands-on review with this impressive timepiece that is as much of a watch as it is an object of desire. Designed by Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei with New York in mind, we see more of a military look on this new watch than an urban concrete jungle feel to it.
