The UR210 watch by Urwerk bows out with its final edition of just seven pieces

    The UR-210 – Last edition offers a fusional interaction between the owner and the watch. After eight years of manufacture, the UR-210 has become an icon of URWERK, one of the most avant-garde watchmaking brand crafting Haute Horlogerie time machines. Inspired by the marine chronometer, the UR-210 Final has one of the largest … Read more

Special Watchmaking Projects: Urwerk UR-111C – one of the most conceptually adventurous watches of 2020

      More than just telling the time in sophisticated fashion, Urwerk UR-111C TT watch (Limited edition of 25 pieces) embodies both a visual and, especially unusually in watchmaking, a tactile treat for its owner. Independent Swiss watchmaker Urwerk has always championed innovation. And its latest model, the UR-111C – now in a striking … Read more

Urwerk UR-100 spacetime watch reminds us that our individual worlds are part of a far greater universe

  The distance our planet rotates each day, and the distance travelled by the Earth around the sun are two intriguing complications displayed in kilometres on the dial of the UR-100 by Urwerk, the creators of Haute Horlogerie “time machines”. The UR-100 Haute Horlogerie timepiece is a fascinating work of horology, design, space and time … Read more

Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2019: The watchmaking universe’s big winners

    Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix is awarded to Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. Watchmaking excellence was honoured this Thursday November 7th in Geneva at the 19th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) prize-giving ceremony, brilliantly hosted by actor Edouard Baer. The GPHG’s independent jury awarded 19 prizes and attributed the “Aiguille … Read more

Urwerk AMC is not just a fascinating combination of atomic, and mechanical watchmaking systems

THE URWERK AMC PROJECT: A world first in the history of watchmaking debuted at SIHH 2019 in Geneva. Urwerk, the award-winning watch manufacture based in Geneva, Switzerland, known for its avant-garde designs and new indications and complications,  also presented the UR-105 CT MAVERICK timepiece – a self winding Maverick in bronze and titanium, and the selfwinding … Read more

17th edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève: The pre-selected watches

Created in 2001 and overseen since 2011 by a foundation recognised as a public interest organisation, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève highlights and annually rewards the most remarkable watchmaking creations. 72 pre-selected watches (see all the watches here) for the 17th edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève are competing to win one … Read more