The Carbon Case Urwerk UR-100V C52 (Specs & Value)

In 2019 URWERK launched the UR-100 SpaceTime, a futuristic vessel able to navigating by means of time and area. The ‘time’ element was coated by the model’s signature satellite tv for pc hour and minute palms, whereas the extra complicated idea of ‘area’ was represented by two indications displaying the space travelled on Earth (rotations), and the space travelled by Earth (revolutions) across the Solar in kilometres. Though neither indication may alter any of our predicaments on Earth, they signify the Urwerkian philosophy of Martin Frei and Felix Baumgartner’s of discovering new methods to signify the notion of SpaceTime. The most recent mannequin, the UR-100V C52, enters our environment in a black carbon case and a technical rubber strap.

Materials science

Since its debut simply three years in the past, we’ve seen the UR-100 materialise in several case supplies just like the Full Titanium, the Electrum, the metal and titanium GunMetal, the strong Gold, the Iron and even the scaly T-Rex. What we hadn’t seen till at this time was a carbon fibre case.

Composed of 52 layers of ultra-thin carbon, the case of the brand new UR-100V C52 reveals the attribute marbling of carbon fibre. The formal title of the fabric is Excessive-Resistance CTP (skinny ply carbon fibre), an especially resilient carbon consolidated with ultra-thin layers compressed in epoxy polymer resin. The result’s a featherweight case weighing simply 11 grams – together with the titanium caseback. Utilizing darkish matte carbon on a 41mm diameter case with a size of 49.7mm and a peak of 14mm attenuates a number of the enormity and provides a novel mottled impact that can by no means be the identical on two watches.

Designer Martin Frei and grasp watchmaker Felix Baumgartner had been notably attracted by the properties of carbon and the way it underscores the geometry and curves of the case; they even managed to discover a option to hyperlink carbon to the traditional Mesopotamian city of UR that impressed the model’s title. “Carbon is a fabric courting again to the daybreak of time. It’s a uncooked materials within the authentic sense of the time period, an ideal UR-material. Carbon was additionally revered by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, the pioneers of defining time as we nonetheless comprehend it at this time, and a powerful reference at URWERK. Enclosing and defending the cutting-edge expertise utilized in our fashions in an ageless case is a distinction that I search out and notably respect,” explains Felix Baumgartner. “Our carbon has all of the qualities: it’s resistant, gentle, resilient, and revisits URWERK black by providing nuances like nothing else.”

Time and Area

The time is displayed by the model’s well-known rotating hour satellites that carry out slightly magic trick and reappear as kilometre indicators. When the crimson arrow-shaped minute tips about the satellites hit the crimson 60-minute indicator, the following hour satellite tv for pc is activated and begins its journey alongside the minutes monitor. Nonetheless, as an alternative of hiding and ready for its subsequent shift, the hand of the elapsed hour reappears once more to show the astronomical indications in kilometres: distance travelled on Earth (at 10 o’clock) and distance travelled by Earth (at 2 o’clock) in a time-frame of 20 minutes. It’s useful to watch the video to see how the crimson arrow-tipped palms disappear quickly and resurface once more within the indicators.

The symptoms corresponding to those distances are situated on a raised black flange on the highest half of the dial. You’ll be able to see white inscriptions on the left with 555.55 km and the phrase ROTAT. (rotation); on the proper, additionally in white, is 35,742 km and the phrase  REVOL. (revolutions). Utilizing the velocity of Earth on the equator and the Earth’s orbital velocity across the Solar, the watch shows the space travelled from these completely different views in about 20 minutes. For example, on the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,070 kilometres, and for the reason that day is 24-hours lengthy, the velocity is 1,670 km/hour. That provides you the 555.55 km travelled in about 20 minutes proven on the indicator at 10 o’clock. Equally, the indicator at 2 o’clock reveals the space Earth has travelled across the Solar, a journey spanning some 35,742 km each 20 minutes.

Like so many legendary URWERK fashions, the black and neon inexperienced color scheme is again in full drive with hour and minute indications illuminated in vibrant glowing inexperienced for enhanced legibility.

Calibre 12.02

The again of the UR-100V C52 reveals the calibre 12.02. Redesigning the carrousel to convey the hours nearer to the minutes as they journey alongside the 60-minute scale was one of many upgrades made to the unique calibre 12.01, making it simpler and extra intuitive to learn the time. The complete rotor you possibly can see on the reverse aspect is drilled and ruled by a profiled airscrew often called the Windfänger, a tool used to minimise shocks and scale back put on and tear. The carrousel and triple baseplates are product of ARCAP, an alloy that doesn’t include iron and isn’t magnetic. The automated motion has a frequency of 28,800vph and an influence reserve of 48 hours.

Availability & Value

The UR-100V C52 Carbon comes with a brand new textured versatile rubber strap with rows of 10 embossed rectangles and a deployant buckle. The URWERK UR-100V C52 is proscribed to 25 items and retails for CHF 53,000 (excl. taxes).

For extra data, please go to Urwerk.com.