Iron Man Tony Stark is certainly the most charismatic Superhero of the moment. The fictional inventor with his own high-tech laboratory is a genius. He is clever, handsome and rich in short, the ultimate glamour nerd. So, when he has to save half humanity in Avengers: Endgame, the instruments on his wrist have to be Urwerk’s awesomely sophisticated UR-105 CT...

The automatic-winding Maverick in bronze and titanium is the latest version of Urwerk’s UR-105 CT wandering-hour watch. It’s a watch made in honor of mad artists, eccentric inventors, people who think up world-changing ideas. The “Maverick” is a blank canvas or a lump of clay, ready to be imprinted with the personality of the owner and acquire the patina of...

Urwerk is 20 years old! A time to look back over our shoulder, not with nostalgia or regret, but to recapture a sense of excitement. It was 20 years ago that 22-year-old Felix Baumgartner set foot in New York, where Martin Frei had made his home. It was vibrant, noisy and thrilling, a giant playground of fantasy and tension. Today...

Martin Frei, Urwerk’s co-founder and designer is also a self-confessed victim of the lure of gold: “There’s always this little inner voice that reminds me how much I love this metal. Beyond the march of technology, changes in fashion, new functions, new materials; gold is always gold. It’s forever. It’s the metal that lights me up.” Production will be limited...

Urwerk shares key moments from the creation of its UR-105 TA Clockwork Orange. The UR-105 TA embodies all the years of research invested into Urwerk’s wandering hour satellites. Here, the ingenuity of the mechanism lies in the invisible carousel responsible for the operation of the satellite hours. A circular canopy with openings highlights the current hour.Once the hour has elapsed,...