URWERK – UR-100V “Magic T” Edition

 

URWERK – UR-SATELLITE UR-100V “Magic T” Titanium Automatic Edition 2023

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OR WHEN URWERK REVISITS THE PRINCIPLES OF MINIMALISM

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After the black of carbon and the muted grey of raw titanium, URWERK continues to explore these ‘cold’ colours that come to life under the light and enlighten the informed eye. 

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More than just work on colour, the new UR-100V Magic T is about research into nuances, reflections and chromatic subtleties. 

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It features a luminous and intense metallic grey, now delicately nestled on the wrist. From case to bracelet, this UR-100V Magic T is all about titanium and pure magic.

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Like a blank page, the UR-100V lends itself to all its creators’ desires and fanciful touches. "The look of this 100 collection offers scope for endless interpretations”, explains URWERK's artistic director and co-founder Martin Frei. “We have created a watch that assumes the role of our 'classic'. A versatile timepiece that changes mood and appearance over time. And even though I am one of its creators, I perpetually discover and rediscover it in its different variations, always with the same impatience and the same pleasure", he concludes.

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"This UR-100V Magic T fully deserves its nickname evoking the magic of titanium. This material lends itself beautifully to the finest finishes. We have loved and admired raw titanium, and now we have it gleaming in full brilliance, thanks to light, refined shot-blasting. All the beauty of the metal is there. We also worked on the legibility of our timepiece, adding complexity to the dial that is now broken down into several elements to give it more structure. Try to distinguish between the many different levels of this 3D creation and you will discover that everything has been thought through right the way down to the smallest details, pushing the limits of perceptibility”, says Felix Baumgartner, master watchmaker and co-founder of URWERK.

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Right from the outset, the 100 collection was conceived with simplicity and minimalism in mind. ‘Simple’ is an easily uttered word that nonetheless cannot totally reflect the full extent of Martin Frei's aesthetic linguistics and Felix Baumgartner's horological technicality. 

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The former plays with shapes, creating a design vocabulary that is a living language. The latter constantly reinvents new ways of bringing to life URWERK wandering hours – the principle of hands-free hours and minutes display based on satellites moving along a graduated arc of a circle. 

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 A first carries the hours and the other the minutes. And when one hours satellite has completed its 60 minutes, the next one bearing the next hour appears in front of the number zero minutes index.

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  No one would have imagined that this principle, extrapolated from a 17th century clock, could be explored, transformed and transmuted with such creativity in space, volume and time. URWERK's capacity for reinvention without ever deviating from its fundamental principles is doubtless the core reason behind its longevity. 

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 Demonstrating a strong sense of nuance, the UR-100V Magic T can logically be compared to a ‘colour exploration vehicle’. In the metaphorical sense, it is just as much so as its predecessors; while aesthetically speaking, many of its details relate to celestial bodies.

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  Even more explicitly than all other URWERK creations, the UR-100V is entirely bound up with the realm of space. Not just because its design can be described as that of an UFO. 

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 Not merely because its impossible-to-categorise design evokes a whole different dimension beyond the boundaries of current watchmaking. It bears two long recesses on the sides of its satellite carrier. 

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  The first is a counter for kilometres – those travelled by the Earth along its own axis in 20 minutes, namely 555. The other also counts kilometres – this time those travelled by the Earth around the Sun during the same period of time, namely 35,740. 

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The UR-100V thus bear witness to the Earth’s trajectory through the interstellar void, where our blue planet is accompanied by a Magic T-coloured heavenly body. 

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: UR-SATELLITE

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Model: UR-100V “Magic T” Automatic Edition

Movement
Caliber: UR 12.02 self-winding mechanical movement regulated by Windfänger Planetary Turbine Automatic System
Jewels: 39
Frequency: 28,800 vph - 4Hz
Power reserve: 48 hours
Materials: Satellite hours on beryllium-bronze Geneva crosses; aluminium carousel; carousel and triple baseplates in ARCAP alloy
Finishes: Circular graining, sanding, shot-blasting, circular satin finishing
Chamfered screw heads
Hours and minutes painted in Super-LumiNova®
Indications:     
    Satellite hours; minutes
    Rotational distance at the Equator in 20 minutes
    Orbital distance in 20 minutes
Case
Materials: Sanded shotblasted titanium.;Sanded shotblasted titanium crown
Dimensions: Width 41 mm; length: 49.7 mm; thickness: 14 mm
Crystal domed transparent sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 3 ATM (30 m - 3 bar)
Strap and buckle
Titanium, with 32 sanded shot-blasted links

🔴 Price   CHF 58,000 (Swiss francs / tax not included) 💰

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URWERK – UR-102 “Reloaded” Steel /Titanium and Black Edition

URWERK – HISTORICAL Pieces UR-102 “Reloaded” Titanium and Black Edition 2023

 URWERK MAKES A DRAMATIC ‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’ MOVE WITH THE UR-102 “RELOADED”

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This is doubtless the most eagerly anticipated URWERK collection. It is not, however, the most complex, nor the most singular. But it is the one that seals the beginning of the adventure, the starting point. A round URWERK watch – yet hands-free, the only focal point being an hour unit gliding along a semi-circular track.

The 102 collection launched at Baselworld 1997 has not aged a bit. After a few adjustments to blend in with the times, the UR-102 "reloaded" is now presented in a boxed set containing its two versions: one in titanium, the other in signature URWERK black.

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"The UR-102 is more than just a symbol”, says Felix Baumgartner, master watchmaker and co-founder of URWERK. "It represents my entry into the AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants). It embodies the first collaboration with Martin Frei, our first steps into the world of fine watchmaking, our first dreams of independence.”

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The UR-102 is now back on the URWERK watchmaking benches in the form of the UR-102 "reloaded". In over two decades, this watch has grown in strength and size. It is now a respectable 41mm in diameter compared to the 38 mm of its original version. Its size may have changed, but it remains as visually pleasing as ever. Its crown now merges into the case, having made a strategic move to 4 o'clock. Its lugs are larger, recalling the attachments on the Sputnik space satellite: solid, angular and designed to ideally position the "machine" on the wrist. The font of the hours and minutes markers has been redesigned, with new information appearing on the dial. UR-102 "reloaded" thus embodies a smoothly nuanced revolution.

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Above all, this model set itself apart by its clean-cut design and innovation: "Right the very beginning, we had the deep and intimate conviction that focusing on the wandering hour was our path”, says Martin Frei, artistic director and co-founder of URWERK. "In my sketchbook, I started to draft a few designs. These served as a basis for our work. We were more than just enthusiastic, we were euphoric”, he recalls. "For this UR-102, our concept featured a time indicator that looked like a celestial body. It picked up the vibe of Sputnik, the first man-made artificial satellite. The satellite trajectory of our hours pointer followed a semi-circle from minute 0 (ascension) to minute 30 (the firmament) and disappeared at minute 60 (descent). Like Sputnik, the 'body' of our UR-102 was made of a shiny metal offering a mirror-like reflection of any bodies that might cross its path."

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The UR-102 “reloaded” has retained this reflective power and the key characteristics of the UR-102. Felix Baumgartner says: "The blue of the original UR-102 is a distinctive feature we wanted to keep. At the time we wanted our design to be colourful and were thinking of a flame-blued shade for our case. So we used a lovely bright, intense, anodised aluminium. If you observe our UR-102 "reloaded" in its titanium version, you will notice that the minutes track is the same blue. It is these scattered clues that make the pedigree of the UR-102 "reloaded" patently clear. The same goes for the crown of the UR-102 "reloaded".

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"We redesigned and shifted the crown slightly. The migration of the crown led to a change in the opening for reading the time. No longer a perfect semi-circle, this ‘window’ is wider with sloping edges, giving it a fresher, more dynamic look", adds Martin Frei.

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The UR-102 was born 26 years ago, the time it took for URWERK to travel 23,500,000,000 km around the sun. The journey continues!

The UR-102 "reloaded" is presented in a boxed set issued as a 25-piece limited edition and comprising the "Titanium" and "Black" versions.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: HISTORICAL Pieces

Model:  UR-102 “Reloaded”  presented in a boxed set (Titanium version and Black version)

Limited edition of 25 pieces series  

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Case
Material:  

• Steel and titanium
• Titanium case middle and lugs, black PVD-treated caseback

Diameter: 41 mm
Thickness: 11.30 mm
Glass: Special-shaped sapphire crystal
Water-resistant to 30metres (3 ATM)
Indications
    Blue/green or black/red scale
    Wandering hours on satin-brushed and engraved discs
    Hour- and minute- markers hand-painted with Super-LumiNova®
Movement
Calibre   2.02  Self-winding
Finishing    Satin-brushed and rhodium-plated
Frequency    28,800 vph
Jewels        25
Power reserve    48 hours
Strap and buckle
Rubber strap with textured Baltimore-quilt pattern
Sandblasted and micro-blasted black PVD-treated titanium pin buckle

🔰 Edition of ✅only 25 pieces
🔴Price: MSRP: 56'000 CHF (excl. taxes)  💰

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URWERK – UR-112 AGGREGAT Back to Black Edition

 

URWERK – UR-Special Projects UR-112 “AGGREGAT” Back to Black Titanium Automatic Edition 2023

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URWERK takes time for a walk on the dark side

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If I were a hero? I'd be a James Bond-like badass.
If I were a colour? I would be the darkest night.
If I were a quality? Punctuality of course, it's the only rule I abide by.
If I were a car? I would be the supremely desirable Bugatti Atlantic Type 57 SC.

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I am the UR-112 Aggregat Back to Black. I am the most digital of all URWERK mechanical timepieces. I am a jumping hour, dragging minute and digital second watch.
I am all that and so much more...

“I’m a superb mechanism in a steel and titanium body. »

The UR-112 Aggregat Back to black comes in a steel and titanium body with a complex architecture. Let's start with its upper part. Its steel bonnet is grooved and openworked. It gives a glimpse of the richness of this gleaming speed machine. 

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This cover opens vertically to give access to the secondary power-reserve and digital seconds indications. Its central titanium body is satin-brushed, sandblasted and beadblasted, thereby forming a field of functional microdots. 

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The two blackened steel wings of the UR-112 Aggregat Back to black fit into this central body. Each zone, each space, each element has its own texture, its own finish, its own language.

“I was born amid the smell of petrol and polish.”

The UR-112 Aggregat Back to Black belongs to the Special Project line. This is a departure from the founding concept of URWERK's wandering-hour indication, on a whole new scale, with new volumes for the UR-122 Aggregat and its UR-13.01 caliber.  

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Martin Frei, co-founder of URWERK said: "The inspiration for the 112 line came straight from the USA. Felix and I were lucky enough to discover the impressive car collection of Mr Ralph Lauren. Amongst the rarest models was the Bugatti Atlantic. WOW! It was love at first sight. Its perfect lines, its spine running along its body, its Art Déco features. This Bugatti is a true wonder!  It was the muse that inspired my first drawings of the UR-112.”

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There are no cubes, no carousel with satellites, no 120-degree sector-type indication like on so many models that have marked the history of URWERK over the last 25 years. The UR-112 Aggregat Back to Black displays jumping hours and trailing minutes on prisms. Shifted to the front of the watch, they're visible in their large sapphire crystal housings. 

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As the hours jump on one side and the minutes advance in five-minute increments on the other, an additional trailing indicator shows the accurate minutes. 

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Felix Baumgartner, co-founder of URWERK and master watchmaker said: "Once again we've let our guts speak for us in making a spaceship, a UFO that is a technical challenge. This UR-112 is pure madness in terms of the mechanics and the finishes. The energy generated by the UR-112's central engine is being distributed in four directions along no less than 12 axes. It's actual mechanical lace. We will only be able to make a very limited number of them, but this is sheer, unadulterated watchmaking pleasure!”

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 “I am a watchmaking fantasy driven to the extreme. »

The central body of the case contains the driving and regulating components of the UR-13.01 caliber. A large barrel providing 48 hours of power reserve is coupled with an automatic-winding rotor. 

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Pressing the two pushers on the sides of the watch opens the cover and reveals the power-reserve indicator and the spectacular small seconds. The latter is composed of a skeletonized silicon disk attached to a red anodized aluminum bridge, a typical URWERK design feature.

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A transmission shaft stands out in the middle of this incredible mechanism. Measuring several centimeters in length, it's possibly the longest component in contemporary watchmaking. To guarantee its lightness and rigidity, it's made of titanium and ensures the coupling with the display module, located at the front of the shell. It establishes this link thanks to a new succession of gears that drive the hours and minutes prisms via two 90° bevel gears. 

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The black aluminum prisms featuring grooved sides are enhanced with Super-LumiNova and secured by planetary systems that ensure they rotate both on their axis and in space. 

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: UR-SATELLITE

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MOVEMENT
Caliber UR-13.01 automatic
Escapement Swiss lever-type
Jewels 66
Frequency 4 Hz; 28,800 vph
Power reserve 48 hours
Materials Aluminum hours and minutes satellite prisms; titanium transmission shaft, silicon seconds wheel
Surface finishing Circular-graining, sandblasting, Côtes de Genève, polished screw heads
INDICATIONS
Jumping digital hours and trailing digital minutes on satellite prisms;
digital seconds; power-reserve indicator
CASE
Dimensions Width 42 mm; length 51 mm; thickness 16 mm
Materials DLC treated titanium and steel
Glass Sapphire crystalWater resistance: 3 ATM (30 m - 3 bar)

Price   CHF 280,000 (Swiss francs / tax not included) 

 🔰 Limited Edition of ✅25 pieces

 
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Cooper Jacoby x UR-102 “Reloaded” Unique Edition

URWERK – UR-SATELLITE UR-102 “Reloaded” One-of-a-kind Creation by COOPER JACOBY Unique Edition

 URWERK And Contemporary Artist Cooper Jacoby
Join Forces In Supporting The Swiss Institute

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"It represents the starting point for URWERK. The one that kicked it all off. It is celebrating its 25th birthday this year, just as URWERK itself is toasting its quarter-century of existence”, said Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei. It stems from their very first collaboration, the UR-102 – definitely one of the models that triggers the most nostalgia and cravings among URWERK collectors. "It was a watch reserved for our first circle, our friends, our family members. Those who were the first ones to believe in us, so it is a highly emotional piece.”

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The good news is that it will once again be in the spotlight on 10 December 2022, this time in a “reloaded” version. A unique piece, #1 of the UR-102 « reloaded » series. 

 On 10 December 2022, in support of the emerging art scene, URWERK will dedicate a one-of-a-kind creation – the #1 of the UR-102 "reloaded" – to the Swiss Institute of New York. 

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The motivation behind this project is crystal clear. Martin Frei, chief designer and co-founder of URWERK expresses it best: "After graduating from the University of Arts and Applied Sciences in Lucerne, I started my creative journey in New York. With a few friends, we created the U.S.A. association (United Swiss Artists), an anchor point far from home, a point of fall or rather of support in difficult times. It is the same philosophy that I find in the approach of the Swiss Institute. Our involvement in this project was therefore self-evident»

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The #1 UR-102 « reloaded » will be auctioned under the auspices of 👉Phillips. This single-piece edition stems from a collaboration with Cooper Jacoby, an American contemporary artist who reinterprets one of the most emblematic and decisive URWERK creations: the UR-102 in its new “reloaded” version. Jacoby is an up-and-coming artist who draws attention to the functionality of the systems governing our lives. Using innovative treatments of materials such as nickel, copper, rubber and silicon, the artist creates electrifying sculptures, transforming what is often left invisible into striking and vibrant perceptions.

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In this instance, Jacoby revisits the notion of graduation. This first UR-102 "reloaded" displays a wandering hour that counts down time in both analog and digital formats. On the dial of this one-of-a-kind watch, Jacoby uses thermochromic pigments to embody one of the body's most essential regulatory systems: temperature. The dial of this UR-102 is thus transformed through a range of infinitely variable color tones, interacting with and changing in response to thermal variations. A ‘reloaded’ UR-102 immersed in a state of regular flux.

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Engaged in a process of perpetual renewal, the Jacoby and URWERK creation marries the systemic precision of chronometry with the harmony of human biology.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: UR-SATELLITE

Model:  UR-102 “Reloaded” One-of-a-kind Creation Unique Edition 

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• Based on the historical UR-102
• Original design by Martin Frei
• Mechanism development and assembly by Felix Baumgartner
• Case design and hand machining by Thomas Baumgartner

Movement
Calibre   2.02  Self-winding
Finishing    Satin-brushed and rhodium-plated
Frequency    28,800 vph
Jewels        25
Power reserve    48 hours
Indications    
Wandering hours appearing on engraved discs
Thermal colour index
Case
Case middle and lugs in anodised titanium
Screw-down caseback in circular satin-brushed titanium   
Diameter: 41mm; thickness 11.3mm; lugs 17mm
Glass    Special-shaped sapphire crystal
Water resistance  Tested at 30m (3atm)
Strap
Baltimora fabric strap
Pin buckle in sandblasted titanium

LIMITED EDITION    1 watches - Unique Piece

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COOPER JACOBY
Cooper Jacoby (b.1989, Princeton) is an artist based in Los Angeles, USA. Recently, he has had solo exhibitions at Mathew, Berlin, and High Art, Paris, and has been included in group shows at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen; Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles; and White Flag Projects, St. Louis.

TIME FOR ART
In December 2022, Swiss Institute introduces TimeForArt – the first-ever benefit watch auction to support contemporary art and artists. TimeForArt is a curated benefit auction of exceptional timepieces from the world’s greatest watchmakers, with 100% of the proceeds directly enabling today’s most visionary artists, through Swiss Institute’s exhibitions, public programs, education & community engagement workshops – all free of charge.

SWISS INSTITUTE
Swiss Institute (SI) is an independent non-profit contemporary art institution dedicated to promoting forward-thinking and experimental art making through innovative exhibitions, education, and programs. Committed to the highest standards of curatorial and educational excellence, SI serves as a platform for emerging artists, catalyzes new perspectives on celebrated work, and fosters appreciation for under-recognized positions. SI is committed to being an organization that is diverse, equitable, and accessible in its work, structure, and programming. Open to the public free-of-charge, Swiss Institute seeks to explore how a Swiss context can be the starting point for international conversations in the fields of visual and performing arts, design, and architecture.

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