First unveiled in fall 2019, the UR-100 captures the hearts of those enthralled with space travel and three-dimensional timing. This 18-karat yellow gold watch is anything but conventional, and its looks have some collectors lovingly referring to it as C-3PO (the Star Wars droid). Slim and stealthy for its satellite-geared mechanics, the elongated octagon watch is cut from a solid block of 2N yellow gold with a satin finish and a domed sapphire crystal. Time is displayed using rotating satellites that show the hours and minutes. The space-age watch also displays distance traveled on the Earth's equator in 20 minutes and distance traveled by Earth on its orbit around the sun in 20 minutes. Just 25 pieces will be made.
Details
| Company | Urwerk |
| Price ($) | 58,000 |
| Price range | < $100,000 |
| Price version | 18K Yellow Gold |
| Carrats | 18K |
| Gender | Male |
| Complications | Additional features Hours Minutes |
| Water Resistance | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic |
| Power Reserve Range (hours) | 24 - 48 |
| Power Reserve | 48 hours |
| Case Size | Large (>39mm) |
| Case Diameter (mm) | 41x50 |
| Case Height (mm) | 14 |
| Case Colour | Yellow Gold |
| Case Material | Yellow Gold |
| Limited Edition | Limited edition |
| Caliber | UR-12.01 |
| Reference Number | UR-100 GOLD |
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It can take a while to wrap your head around an Urwerk movement and for the firm's co-founders, Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei, that is the point. They deepen the relationship between wearer and watch and create innovative movements and complications that require you to think and, in some pieces, choose how you interact with the piece. The Swiss brand's artisans test the boundaries of horology at workshops in Geneva and Zurich but its timepieces find their way to wearers in all corners of the earth.Though its Historical collection may suggest an adherence to tradition, the timepieces of this line are futuristically complex in both appearance and movement. A world first, the Opus 5 model displays a service indicator on its back and the C3H5N309 (the chemical formula for Nitroglycerine) presents polygons that rotate eccentrically rather than centrally. The Satellite, Chronometry and Special Projects collections astound with equal aesthetic and technical complexity, upholding the innovation that permeates the brand.
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