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 the watchmaking talents of Felix Baumgartner and the aesthetic eye of designer Martin Frei. Baumgartner and Frei have continued their work uninterrupted over the past 22 years and have established a well-deserved reputation for pushing the limits of traditional time displays, advancing watchmaking through their out-of-the-box creations that combine a distinctive design language and an avant-garde approach to watchmaking. Urwerk UR-100 SpaceTime Iron
Urwerk’s latest creation, revealed last Thursday, is a reference to some of the earliest watches released by the brand. Those inaugural timepieces, the UR-101 and UR-102, featured the orbital/wandering hour display that has since become an identifying characteristic of the brand’s watches ever since; however, those two releases also featured a vastly different execution of the design.

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Not long to go for the launch of the new UR-100 SpaceTime In the meantime feast your eyes on the original @urwerkgeneve UR-101. Crazy to think this design came out @baselworldofficial 1997!
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