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Cut and thrust: lively cross-talk with Felix Baumgartner, co-founder of Urwerk. (01/2013)

  Felix, you’re no doubt going to tell me that your decision to work with Chronopassion was easy and natural – a case of working only with the best, and so forth?  Felix Baumgartner: Not at all! My father worked … Continue reading

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A rough guide to survival in the merciless world of watchmaking

  Introduction The world of watchmaking is easily large enough to get completely lost in. Indeed, its vastness is to the taste of large numbers of collectors, who are only too happy to be able to get lost in an … Continue reading

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Urwerk UR-110 ZrN Torpedo Champagne Supernova

Following the success of its first Rare Species – the White Shark, Urwerk renews its confidence in its preferred partners by proposing them to offer their customers their own vision of the Torpedo! The new UR-110 ZrN aka “Champagne Supernova” … Continue reading

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Urwerk UR-1001 Zeit Device Über Complication

Only a few watches track days, months and years, some even leap years. But rarely do timepieces do justice to a universe measured in billions of years – as a true Zeit Device should. The Urwerk UR-1001 is a true … Continue reading

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Urwerk UR-202S

The amazing Urwerk UR-202 doesn’t need to be introduced. Its satellite complication with orbiting hours and telescopic minute hands, and its innovative winding system regulated by compressed air continue to fascinate us! In 2011, the “Hammerhead” is coming brighter and … Continue reading

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Only Watch 2011 – Urwerk UR-103 Phoenix

For their first participation in Only Watch, the guys of Urwerk offer the UR-103 Phœnix to the charity auction to support research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Carved into the white gold case by the master-engraver Jean-Vincent Huguenin (who collaborates with … Continue reading

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Urwerk UR-110 Torpedo

After two years of development, Urwerk unveils the UR-110 Torpedo and continues the brand’s radical tradition of telling the time using orbiting satellite complications. Here, the three arrow-shaped torpedoes – the hours – fly in formation with the mission of … Continue reading

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Urwerk UR-Rare Species UR-202 White Shark

UR-Rare Species is a discrete environment created by Urwerk for exclusive limited edition models developed and distributed in close collaboration with specific retail partners. Timepieces in the UR-Rare Species habitat are outside the main Urwerk collection and are only available … Continue reading

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