Urwerk

That’s Crazy! Six Watches with Wildly Expressive Designs

Meet the craziest watches of last year. These models go far beyond the usual idea of “steel, round and three hands.” Comic Hero: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Black Panther Flying Tourbillon In 2021, AP’s President François-Henry Bennahmias announced the collaboration between his watchmaking company and the Marvel comic book franchise. The first watch to...

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Apr 30, 2023 by Alexander Krupp

No Ordinary Times: Five Watches With Unusual Hours and Minutes Displays

However complex a watch may be in its array of functions, or how individual in its design, the vast majority of them still adhere to the familiar two-handed analog style when it comes to the basics of displaying hours and minutes. Here are five that do it a little differently. MB&F HM3 FROGX Max Büsser...

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Apr 29, 2023 by WatchTime

Urwerk UR-100V P.02, A Space Shuttle Mission Timer for the Wrist, Joins Collective Horology Portfolio Collection

Collective Horology, the California-based, membership-driven watch community, could hardly have chosen a better day to announce its newest bespoke timepiece, in collaboration with the iconoclastic indie watchmaker Urwerk and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. This morning’s successful launch of Blue Origin, the civilian-crewed rocket pioneered by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, provided the perfect...

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Jul 20, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Urwerk Explores the “Star Wars” Universe with New UR-100 Gold Edition “C-3PO”

“May the Fourth be With You” Day might have passed, but this month holds a special significance for Star Wars fans beyond the catch-phrase now associated with May 4. Today, May 25, holds another significance to the Star Wars franchise, being the official anniversary of the release date of Episode IV – A New Hope...

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May 25, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Urwerk Expands UR-100 SpaceTime Series with New GunMetal Edition

Urwerk, the futuristic haute horologerie brand known for its forward-leaning, avant garde designs, has added to its UR-100 SpaceTime series with a new GunMetal edition. The new watch, distinguished by its new colorway combining a gray case and new, contrasting luminescent dial accents, propels the intriguing, unconventional series forward in a new and distinct way,...

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Feb 12, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

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Back to the Future: Urwerk Redefines Space-Age Watchmaking with the UR-100

Given the sheer amount of independent watchmaking brands that have emerged in the 21st century, many people fail to realize that a small number of these firms actually date back to the mid-1990s. Among those pioneering companies that are still going strong is Urwerk, a brand that was founded in 1997 through a partnership between...

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Sep 16, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

THE WATCHTIME Q&A:

Talking with Felix Baumgartner of Urwerk About the New UR-111C (With Live Photos)

Urwerk’s UR-111C — the brand’s latest timepiece unveiled last week — is a direct descendant of the UR-CC1 King Cobra from 2009 (which itself was inspired by a Patek Philippe prototype created by Louis Cottier and Gilbert Albert in 1959), but it differs in a number of ways. By borrowing the retrograde linear display from...

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Sep 21, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

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Six Rare and Exclusive Watches You’ll Find at the New Cellini Jewelers Boutique

A New York institution since it first opened in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria in 1977, Cellini Jewelers recently found a new home at 430 Park Avenue. Forced to relocate after the grand hotel shuttered its doors for renovations in March 2017, founder Leon Adams picked a premium location in the beating heart of...

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May 21, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Live Photos: Highlights from Only Watch 2017

It’s about that time again. At 8:30 A.M. EST tomorrow morning, the Hôtel des Bergues in Geneva will be filled to capacity as Only Watch 2017 gets underway and enthusiasts from around the world bid to claim these one-of-a-kind timepieces. Of particular note this year: the Patek Philippe Ref. 5208T-010, which is the first of...

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Nov 10, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Single-Malt “Watch”: Urwerk Teams Up With The Macallan

We've always known that many aficionados of fine watches are also fans of high-end spirits, particularly single-malt Scotch. Now, thanks to a collaboration between the avant-garde Swiss watch brand Urwerk and the whisky maestros at the Macallan, well-traveled fans of both watches and Scotches can carry their whiskies in a high-tech flask made especially with them in mind.

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Mar 7, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

From the Archives

Look, Ma, No Hands: 10 Watches That Tell Time Differently

WatchTime's list of 10 unusual watches - including the HM3 Megawind by MB&F and Ulysse Nardin's Freak Diavolo - that deviate from the conventional time-telling style, finding creative alternatives to hour and minute hands.

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Jul 12, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2016

Scales of Time: Urwerk UR-105 “T-Rex”

Watch aficionados are used to seeing reptilian scaled patterns on leather straps, but the new Urwerk UR-105 T-Rex — unveiled at SIHH 2016 in January and equipped with the iconoclastic brand’s unique satellite-hours timekeeping system — may be the first timepiece to bring such a motif to a watch case as well. The UR-105 T-Rex...

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Mar 1, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Monochrome Monday: Introducing The Urwerk UR-210S Full Metal Jacket, Now On Metallic Bracelet

A metallic bracelet on an Urwerk? What a strange idea, one might think, says Brice Goulard of the watch blog Monochrome. However, if you take a look at the previous models that the brand has created, there was already an Urwerk coming on such a bracelet, the UR-202 White Shark. This timepiece was a stunner. Alongside the ultra-cool and off-the-range UR-110 Eastwood,...

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Feb 23, 2015 by Brice Goulard

Fratello Friday: 5 Very Unusual Timepieces

Since I started writing my thoughts and ideas about watches on my blog, Fratellowatches, I have been visiting the big watch fairs like Baselworld and the SIHH in Geneva. Sometimes, one comes across some very odd-looking watches at these fairs — watches that perhaps should not be defined as watches, but as mechanical art or...

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Jan 9, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer

16 Prize-Winning Watches from the 2014 Geneva Grand Prix

On October 31st, the 14th annual Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève — the watch world’s equivalent of the Oscars — was held at Geneva’s Grande Theatre. The international jury of watch experts handed out prizes in 16 categories, including the prestigious “Aiguille d’Or” grand prize, awarded to Breguet for its Classiqu Chronometrie. Scroll down for...

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Nov 3, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

More from Geneva: Christophe Claret, De Bethune, Urwerk, and Moser

The SIHH takes place at the massive Palexpo convention center near the Geneva airport, but during that week in January, the whole city becomes a new-watch paradise. My final day in Geneva took me away from the halls of the SIHH to take a look at a number of other new watches, from brands that...

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Jan 28, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Video: Skydiver and His Zenith Watch Break Sound Barrier

The Austrian skydiver and Zenith brand ambassador Felix Baumgartner (not to be confused with the watchmaker Felix Baumgartner of Urwerk fame) became the first man to break the speed of sound in a freefall after jumping from the edge of space, 39,045 meters high (the record will be officially certified at a later date). He...

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Dec 27, 2012 by WatchTime

Skydiver and His Zenith Watch Break Sound Barrier (Video)

Today, Austrian skydiver and Zenith brand ambassador Felix Baumgartner (not to be confused with the watchmaker Felix Baumgartner of Urwerk fame) became the first man to break the speed of sound in a freefall after jumping from the edge of space, 39,045 meters high (the record will be officially certified at a later date). He...

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Oct 15, 2012 by WatchTime

Patek Philippe and Harry Winston Headline Antiquorum’s October Auction

Antiquorum, the world’s leading auction house devoted to watches, will hold its fall “Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces” auction on October 19th at the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. More than 300 timepieces will be up for bid, including several notable Patek Philippe watches and rare models from Harry Winston and Louis Vuitton.

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Oct 10, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

2011: The Year in Review Quiz, Part II

This week it’s time for Part II of our 2011 Year in Review Quiz. Have you been taking notes? Celebrate the end of 2011 with this little quiz, where we present 12 questions about news stories from the past year. As always, the answers appear at the end. And remember, your term papers are due...

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Dec 11, 2011 by WatchTime

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