The new Urwerk UR-101 T-Rex Edition

As indicated by its identify, the UR-101 was – along with its sister piece, the UR-102 – the watch that began all of it at Urwerk. The inspiration, the watch that outlined a mode, a show, and that made an impression on virtually 30 years of unleashed creativity after. The inaugural UR-101 and 102 featured distinctive wandering hours shows, impressed by a clock made for the Pope in 1652 by the Campani brothers. A number of years in the past, Urwerk relaunched the UR-102 idea with the Reloaded fashions. Now it’s time for the UR-101 to be resurrected… However the usually fairly smooth watch has undergone the transmutation right into a boosted creation, changing into the newest addition to the daring, expressive T-Rex lineage. 

Along with the 102, the Urwerk UR-101 was the watch that began all of it, in addition to being one of many founding watches of what would grow to be the brand new unbiased watchmaking scene – Urwerk, De Bethune, MB&F and extra. The UR-101 had all of it already: the sci-fi, unprecedented design, formed like a Sputnik satellite tv for pc or a Millennium Falcon (select your favorite inspiration) by Martin Frei, mechanically conceptualized by Felix Baumgartner with a show primarily based on the Campanis’ clock, with wandering hours and minutes on an arch. The inaugural UR-101 was launched on the AHCI house at Baselworld in 1997, with an asymmetrical 38mm yellow gold case with high lugs hidden below the case, whereas the underside featured two standard lugs, and again then, a standard crown at 3 o’clock.

After the re-edition of the UR-102 a few years in the past, it’s now time for the model to resurrect the UR-101… However not only a one-to-one recreation, however in a revisited model, modernized and principally, now a part of the T-Rex lineage – that means patinated bronze case and guilloché texture recalling the scales of the indignant dinosaur. The T-Rex idea at Urwerk has been seen twice up to now, with the UR-105 T-Rex in 2016, and the UR-100V T-Rex in 2021.

For its return, the UR-101 turns into bolder and extra expressive than ever earlier than, with its “bronze carapace, uncooked presence and primal contact,” to cite the founders. Nevertheless it’s not simply concerning the T-Rex facet of issues right here. There’s extra to this new model. Absolutely, essentially the most eye-catching ingredient is the bronze, hand-painted case lined with a textured pores and skin, a scaly armour protecting its bezel, in addition to its sides, in addition to its lugs. This guilloché sample, a way usually used for dials, it’s right here uncovered to the contact, revealing the uncooked nature of the watch. The engraved grooves begin on the crown operating alongside all the case in a low-gradient climb, as much as the steep, curved slope resulting in the again.

Certainly, one of many important evolution for this reloaded model of the Urwerk UR-101 is the repositioning of the crown at 3 o’clock, a function discovered on most watches by the model. One other evolution considerations the proportions, because the case has grown a bit to now measure 41mm in diameter and 11.86mm in thickness – however as a result of extremely curved ingredient on the again and the brief lugs, it ought to stay a fairly compact watch. The again is black PVD-coated metal and water-resistance is rated at 30m. There’s additionally a brand new puller system on the again that facilitates dealing with the crown.

Identical to its ancestor, the brand new UR-101 T-Rex Version depends on a traditional wandering hour complication, that includes two satellites – every with 6 hour markers – a 180-degree show for the minutes, and a stable, snailed carrousel transporting the present hour on the minute monitor, earlier than subsequent one seems on the left facet. It’s right here discreetly revealed below an arched sapphire crystal, with a black background and vibrant luminous numerals.

Below the stable again is the brand new UR-1.01V calibre, which depends on a contemporary Vaucher base automated motion, with the traditional wandering hour mechanism on high being produced in-house. The watch comes worn on a black rubber strap with textile impact and black calfskin lining, closed by a black DLC-treated metal pin buckle.

Out there as a restricted version of 100 items, the brand new Urwerk UR-101 T-Rex Version is priced at CHF 38,000 (excl. taxes). For extra particulars, please go to www.urwerk.com.