Urwerk UR-202 (Pre-owned - Excellent) — USD 98,895 on eBay

Don Corson reports on Independents at Basel and Geneva 2008. Includes visits to Speake-Marin, BLU, Strehler, Halter, Lang, Voutilainen, Andersen, Sarpaneva, and more. Noteworthy mention of Maîtres du Temps.

Urwerk is one of my favorite independent brands. I have always liked the consistency of Urwerk that has permanently emained faithful to its original approach based on the reinterpretation of the classic (existing from the XVIIth Century) and alternative wandering hour display in an innovative and ti

The holding of the SIHH gives the opportunity to many independent brands to organize presentations in Geneva hotels to take advantage of the presence of retailers and journalists from around the world. These presentations allow them to unveil the first trends of the year and at the end to welcome in

Foreword: the pictured watch is a prototype and some details will change like the readability of the hours display. It had to happen: after having put invaders and aliens on the dials or having walked on the Moon, Manuel Emch has transformed his last watch into a spacecraft! The Spacecraft (because

I would like to share with you my selection of the year. Of course, as any selection, it is not perfect but it gathers the watches which seduced me, which impressed me the most. Maybe some have "better" alternative but these ones are the first which popped up in my mind. It is more the heart, the pa

Time is monochrome on the UR-202 « White Shark », with its case, dial and hour satellites all in an original shimmering silver/white hue emitted by titanium, steel and ARCAP. The « White Shark », is a timepiece unadorned with no makeup, its only ornament is its technicality. The « White Shark », esc