Reading Time: 4 minutesAmid the calm and serene skies of Haute Horlogerie, an unidentified flying object is looming on the horizon. Could it be the announcement of an imminent upheaval? The intuition of an emotional cataclysm?Flashing across the night sky, the new UR-112 Aggregat Odyssey appears in a shower of metal! The latestContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast summer, the super original independent URWERK launched a new variation in its UR-100 collection featuring an unusual gold alloy. The URWERK UR-100 Electrum is cased in an ancient metal amalgam containing organic gold and palladium. This gives the wristwatch an unusual shine, much coveted by the ancient civilizations. Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesLightness. Performance. Aesthetics. The new UR-100V in carbon relies on these three essentials. It is a light watch with perfect ergonomics mounted on a technical rubber strap. The case is composed of 52 layers of ultra-thin carbon. Aesthetics subtly blend the sensual curves and angular geometry of its unique shape.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe UR-100V saga continues with a new addition to the collection, the URWERK UR-100V Full Titanium Jacket: a single-colour version featuring different shades of grey, from Payne grey to lead grey. This limited-edition UR-100V is enhanced by a custom-designed metal bracelet.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe UR-112 Aggregat is the latest addition to URWERK’s Special Project collection, a laboratory offering horological freedom and follies encouraged. URWERK co-founders Felix Baumgartner, master watchmaker, and Martin Frei, artistic director and designer, started this new adventure from a blank page. And a sketchbook overflowing with ideas. The UR-112 Aggregat was inspired by a dream of a new mechanical challenge.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes“While we are not the nostalgic kind here at URWERK, we are proud to be celebrating the 10th anniversary of our 110 collection. This is a creation that won the Best Design prize in the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève; that faced evil on the wrist of IronMan, the mostContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesGeneva Watch Days 2021 – for me: 5 days, 28 brands, 38 meetings (including the social events), a lot of champagne and just a few hours of sleep. But the most important would be the chance to see present and future releases. This will be a short presentation of myContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesElectrum is one of the original precious materials, regarded by the ancients as a veritable treasure. This gold and silver alloy was indeed much coveted among Ancient Greeks, Amerindian civilisations and Ancient Egyptians. While the first coins were minted from this metal, the noble, flamboyant, luminous material gradually fell intoContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is an iconic model, jealously safeguarded until now at the heart of the watch Maison, since it marks the beginning of the URWERK adventure in the 1990s. The foundation stone. A watch of almost disconcerting simplicity, with a wandering hour as its only marker of time. The UR-102. ThisContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesNight finally enfolds the city. It is at this precise moment that the URWERK UR-220 SL Asimov comes to luminous life. A UR-220 model whose hours satellites glow as they gently emit the light stored up during the day. A fluorescence that accompanies the counting of the hours and rendersContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes“At URWERK we took radical decisions very early on: deciding to remain independent at all costs and limiting our growth despite all the advice to the contrary were among the most important. To continue staying true to ourselves, to remain URWERK, we make less than 150 pieces per year. ThisContinue Reading