URWERK?s departures from its signature theme of wandering-hour indications have always been spectacular, and the selfwinding UR-111C is no exception.

This latest exercise in complex micromechanics is a worthy rival to the brand?s other “Special Projects” line, in both originality and mechanical virtuosity. For the independent company?s 17 dedicated team members, the UR-111C proved a fiendishly difficult puzzle to solve.
In the URWERK tradition, none of the indications of this UR-111C watch are conventional: The minutes are shown in two different ways – linearly for eyes pleasure and digitally for precision. Never has a roller on the case performed the functions of the crown, nor have the running seconds meandered across a cluster of optical fibers. Nor would it be an authentic URWERK watch if its case didn?t look as if it had been designed by a Sci-fi passionate. Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei, the co-founders of URWERK, have always considered the owner?s interaction with the watch of extreme importance. ?Wearing a fine mechanical object is a source of pleasure and pride,? declares Felix Baumgartner. ?There has to be a strong bond with a mechanism that merges into your wrist and communicates with you. A mechanical watch is like the first steps towards enhanced intelligence: a machine that becomes part of you and which gives you information in return for energy. It?s an exchange. You take care of your watch and it will provide you with a lifelong se...