Launched two years ago, the UR-100 has new become Urwerk’s core collection, a sort of back-to-basics concept for the brand, with more restrained proportions, slightly simplified and a more accessible price (relatively speaking, of course). Since the inaugural editions, the brand has enlarged its collection with the Gunmetal, the Gold, the Iron or the mean-looking […]
Today I’m talking with long-time friend François-Xavier Overstake, aka @equationdutemps. This is not just his Instagram handle, but also the name of his blog about watches, which is probably one of the most important French publications on watches. Besides running his own blog, Francois-Xavier is a moderator on Watchprosite, a large watch forum. At 51 […]
You can call Urwerk watches by many names, but shy or conservative aren’t part of this vocabulary. Daring, bold, provocative, futuristic, unusual, these are perfect ways to describe these complex and avant-garde creations. Apart from the watches inspired by sci-fi and space exploration, one of the most striking models ever was the UR-105 T-Rex, a […]
In a galaxy far, far away, Martin Frei and Felix Baumgartner dreamed up a watch brand they called Urwerk. Convinced there was another way of approaching watchmaking, Frei and Baumgartner embarked on their 21st-century watchmaking odyssey in 1995. The Electro-Mechanical Control (EMC) model, Urwerk’s hybrid mechanical/electronic watch, was the ultimate interactive model allowing the owner […]
Introduced last year, the UR-100 was a sort of back-to-basics for URWERK, with a watch that, besides retaining the ultra-bold design of all the brand’s creation, was also simplified, more compact, more focussed – a sort of throwback to the early days of the brand, with the UR101/102. After inaugural editions in black or silver, […]
This summer, URWERK announced the final edition of the iconic UR-210. Luckily it didn’t take too long before the brand announced a successor of this staggering beauty, and to my relief, I can say it’s at least as good-looking and stealthy as the marvellous UR-210. That successor was the new UR-220 Falcon Project, which came in a carbon clad. Today, some 5 weeks after that first new UR-220, it’s time for another one. Another one in black, albeit in a slightly different shade of black… let’s have a closer look at the UR-220 All Black.
A few months ago, URWERK announced the final edition of what’s probably its most emblematic watch, the UR-210. A true time-indicating UFO, the UR-210 is a compendium of everything Urwerk stands for. But there is no reason to be sad because the brand has secured its successor. And today, it is presented. With its hand-wound […]
Last week, we had the opportunity to visit what will certainly be the only major watch fair of the year in Europe, Geneva Watch Days, gathering 17 brands representing the whole spectrum of the industry. As the excitement generated by this event settles down, we take a look at four watches presented by independent watchmakers. […]
URWERK’s EMC Time Hunter, the world’s first watch that lets you adjust the precision and gauge the amplitude of the balance, is decked out in military gear and primed for action. Tougher than ever, the new EMC Time Hunter Desert Sage features a ceramic-type lacquer treatment on the case resulting in a matte beige surface […]
Among the many bold and futuristic creations of independent watchmaker Urwerk, if I had to pick the one watch that best represents what the brand stands for, it would be the UR-210. Unique in design, sci-fi inspired, showing the time in a way that no other watchmaker does, large and provocative… It is the essence […]