The UR-150 represents a new way of reading and living time. Three hour-satellites travel across a central flying carousel, while a retrograde hand accompanies the minute along a 240-degree arc before snapping back instantly to its starting point in one-hundredth of a second. The dance is powered by the automatic UR-50.01 caliber, which features a 43-hour power reserve.
In its Golden Scorpion version, this movement takes on another resonance. Yellow gold brings a particular tension to this architecture. Gold captures, absorbs, and sublimates the gleam of the surfaces, revealing the density of the case and the fluidity of its lines. “With the Golden Scorpion, yellow gold acts almost like an optical material: it brings certain lines forward, erases others, and constantly renews the perception of the watch,” says Urwerk Co-Founder and Chief Designer Martin Frei. “Depending on how you look at it, it can appear compact, fluid, almost organic. It’s this visual instability that interests me: the object stays the same, yet it never quite gives itself away the same way twice.”
The UR-150 Golden Scorpion is a limited edition of 25 pieces. Each watch is presented on an adjustable high-performance hybrid rubber strap with folding clasp.
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“Bringing out yet another version of an existing mechanical complication was not our aim”, says Felix Baumgartner, master-watchmaker and co-founder of URWERK. “Our watches are unique because each has been conceived as an original work. That is what makes them valuable and rare. Above all, we want to explore beyond the traditional horizons of watchmaking.” Martin Frei, chief designer and the other co-founder of URWERK, develops the aesthetic signature for each of the models. “I come from a world of total creative freedom. I’m not cast in the watchmaking mold, so i can draw my inspiration from my entire cultural heritage.”
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