Our Take

In 2019, we celebrated Urwerk’s launch of the UR-100— the brand’s smallest and slimmest watch to date— with a collector gathering in Boston. The newest model by Felix Baumgartner and Martin Martin Frei was a home run. It’s a pleasure for us to deliver today another stunning example in the UR-100V Blue Planet.

The novelty of this variant of the UR-100 is its deep blue color, set to represent our planet and space. Produced through an special PVD treatment of the sandblasted case, the blued treatment of the timepiece doesn’t stop there. PVD coating is applied to the rotor, satellite hour complication as well as the movement’s plate and bridges. This creates an amazing varied look that bodes well with the space-travel nod on the UR-100. As collectors will notice, the luminova tipped hand on the satellite time indicator pokes through 10 and 2 o’clock to reveal time’s most intimate companion: distance. At both locations on the dial, this timepiece’s owner can see the distance the earth has traveled on its rotation (555km) and the distance the earth has revolved around the sun (35,740km). For the thinking human, this is a decidedly philosophical watch to reflect on our position in the cosmos.

As for wearability, it’s not often a topic of discussion with modern independent watches. Pushing the boundaries of design doesn’t always mean easy to wear. Yet in the case of the UR-100, this is the easiest to wear of any Urwerk timepiece without any doubt. As the brand’s most modestly sized timepiece, 14mm in thickness and 41mm wide, collectors with smaller wrists have a lot to celebrate. With all of the emblems of Urwerk’s innovative approach to horology and an amazing fit on the wrist, this timepiece is bound to become another classic in Urwerk’s work at the cutting edge of horology.

The Details

Urwerk UR-100 Blue Planet - Limited Edition of 25 Pieces

Case: Blue PVD steel case, titanium backcase; blue PVD sandblasted steel crown

Dimensions: Width 41 mm; length: 49.7 mm; thickness: 14 mm

Glasses: Crystal domed transparent sapphire crystal

Water resistance: 3ATM/30m/3 Bar

Movement: UR 12.02 self-winding mechanical movement regulated by Windfänger Planetary Turbine Automatic System

Frequency: 4Hz/28,000 vph

Power reserve: 48 hours

Finishing: Plate, rotor, turbine, planet carrier, hand with blue PVD treatment, Sandblasting, micro-beading, perlage. Chamfered screw heads

Functions: Hour and minute index painted with Super-LumiNova. Satellite hour and minute indicator, rotation of the earth in 20 minutes, revolution of the earth around the sun in 20 minutes.