The Urwerk UR111-C: a hyper-futuristic special project filled with new technology
Urwerk polishes linear time concept with innovative new watch that introduces a host of new ideas
by James Buttery
Urwerk must be a fun place to work at the moment. The brand is currently exhibiting a flurry of creativity and innovation the likes of which we?ve not seen since it first launched more than 20 years ago. Not content with unleashing an astonishingly ambitious atomic-clock regulated update of A.L. Breguet?s Sympatique on the world at Basel this year, Urwerk has now revealed a watch loaded with new developments as part of its Special Projects arm.
In truth, Urwerk?s Special Projects are a rag-tag bunch of interesting releases that don?t quite fit into the brand?s signature wandering hour/satellite collection pieces. It includes last year?s transforming T8, the Titan pocketwatch, its Opus 5 for Harry Winston and its Nitro watch, made in collaboration with MB&F. The latest addition to the collection, the UR-111C, is exactly the sort of watch you might expect to be bestowed with such a moniker, given that it houses a raft of new developments in the manner of a tech testbed or concept car.
First of all, the crown has been retired in favour of a fluted roller on the top of the watch. A lever on the side of the (Urwerk first had us messing around with levers on its wonderful EMC watches, in that case to generate an electrical charge) must first be deployed to allow the roller to alter the time setting, rather than winding the mainspring barrel to feed a 48-hour ...
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