News Central - Baselworld 2016: Urwerk UR-105 TA Clockwork Orange

Baselworld 2016: Urwerk UR-105 TA Clockwork Orange

URWERK UR-105 TA CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Creators : Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei

Engineers : Dominique Buser and Cyrano Devanthey

CNC machine tool operators : Martin Schiess and Roland Hohl

Assembly and technical finishing : Hervé Morard, Raphael Doddi and Vera Moita

It takes a long time to develop a mechanical watch like the UR-105TA — three years of research before even starting. But how long does it take to build such a mechanism? We can’t give you an exact figure, but we do know that to make and finish each of its parts needs hours of relentless work and concentration at the workbench.

We invite you to share key moments in the creation of the UR-105 TA

Clockwork Orange.

- Fashioning and finishing: all the parts for the indications are made in our premises and decorated by hand.

- Adjusting the hours carousel and watch assembly

The UR-105 TA embodies all the years of research invested into URWERK’s wandering hour satellites.

The bezel of the UR-105 TA comes in steel with a brushed finish.

Here, the ingenuity of the mechanism lies in the invisible carousel responsible for the operation of the satellite hours.

Each satellite completes four 120° turns in the period between leaving the minutes arc and arriving again, displaying a new numeral.

A circular canopy with openings highlights the current hour. Once the hour has elapsed, the satellite – guided by a Geneva cross – rotates as it continues its orbit for another three hours before returning to center stage.

Each satellite indicates the time in both analogue and digital fashion as it arcs across the minutes chapter.

The UR-105 TA Clockwork Orange features dual air turbines on full show on the back through two sapphire glasses...

UR-105 TA

A.K.A. ”CLOCKWORK ORANGE”

MOVEMENT

Caliber: 5.02 UR automatic winding regulated by a double turbine

Jewels: 52

Frequency: 28,800 v/h - 4 Hz

Power reserve: 48 hours

Materials: Satellite hours driven by Geneva crosses in beryllium bronze; Orbital structure of PEEK (polyetheretherketone)

Carousel and triple mainplates in ARCAP

Surface finishes: circular graining, bead-blasting, satin-finishing

Beveled screw heads

Indications: Satellite hours; minutes - hour and minute markers treated with Super-LumiNova®

CASE

Materials: UR-105 TA "Clockwork Orange"- black PVD titanium case, black PVD steel bezel

Dimensions: width: 39.50mm; length 53mm; height 16.80mm

www.urwerk.com

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2016-03-24 09:00:27

💰36 Marketplace Listings for Urwerk›