Ahead of Baselworld, pictures have emerged of a model called the Jurgensen One, marking the historic brand’s first foray into the luxury sports watch market
By Chris Hall

Isn’t it nice when something comes along to stop you in your tracks" Today, the something in question is a new watch from everyone’s favourite Danish-Swiss haute horlogerie brand, Urban Jurgensen. It is called the Jurgensen One, and what’s arresting about it is the fact that, in a total first for the brand, it appears to be a luxury sports watch in the Royal Oak/Nautilus mould. 

I say ‘appears to be’ because information on this watch is currently scant; pictures have been posted on Facebook by one of Urban Jurgensen’s US retailers but no official release has yet been issued by the brand. But here’s what we do know: it is cased in stainless steel with an integrated bracelet design, will come in three dial colours (silver, grey and blue) and two models: an automatic and a GMT (which is currently only available with a blue dial). 
Inside the watches is a new automatic calibre, evolved from the in-house P4 (developed with Chronode) and bearing the name P5. The P4 is a 3Hz movement with 60 hours of power reserve when fully wound, and we can’t see a clear reason why that would have changed in the addition of an automatic rotor. It uses a standard Swiss lever escapement rather than the detent that Derek Pratt helped to develop for UJ, an...