Urwerk‘s latest timepiece blends the celestial and the stylish in jaw-dropping fashion, peeking at the galaxy’s edge with the newly available Urwerk UR-10 Spacemeter.
Urwerk notes the UR-10 Spacemeter looks conventional and luxe enough from the outset, but sagely says that “at first glance, a paradox unfolds,” beyond its seemingly simple round dial, centralized hands and what looks like a more conventional triple-chronograph build.
It’s there that the similarities to a streamlined sports watch dissolve (note the sleek integrated bracelet). The Urwerk UR-10 Spacemeter uses its lower left subdial not to track the seconds of lap around a race track, for instance, instead focusing on the Earth’s revolution around the Sun, with one turn for every 1,000 kilometers.
The upper right subdial on the distinctive Spacemeter tracks the rotation of the Earth itself, making one turn for every 10 kilometers, while the far left subdial plots both the Earth’s rotation on its own and the rotation of the planet itself around the sun, making one turn for every 1,000 kilometers in rotation, and then one for every 64,000 kilometers of revolution.
It does all of this smoothly and precisely thanks to a dual-flow turbine on the caseback that the company had patented for the effort. Is your head spinning yet? For a company known for its wildly bold and incredibly innovative (and expensive) horological experiments, it might be the most striking advancement yet from founder Felix Baumgartner & co.
With its sandblasted steel caseback and seemingly convention sandblasted titanium 45mm case design, it’s what’s within that truly warrants a second glance (and its $94,000-plus price tag, should interested parties wish to inquire online at Urwerk).
The UR-10.01 self-winding movement powers the precision celestial tracking of this one-of-a-kind timepiece, which Urwerk notes harbors “features that seem alien to URWERKS DNA, yet in truth reveal a new facet of the company’s ethos.” And while the Urwerk UR-10 Spacemeter is beautiful in its own right, it’s the sense of starry wonder within its dial that should satisfy the most fervent (and fortunate) Urwerk collectors.
