"Selling… selling… sold!” On Saturday May 12, applause broke out the successful sale of the Urwerk UR-110 RG watch at the Phillips, Bacs & Russo auction. Worn by Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-Man: Homecoming, this exceptional watch brought the hammer down at 150,000 Swiss francs, way above its top estimate. The money raised by the auction will benefit the actions...

Some watches will forever be remembered for their cameos on the silver screen. The Rolex Submariner is unmistakably known as James Bond’s watch. The Heuer Monaco remains associated with Steve McQueen and the film Le Mans to this day. Even the unusual Seiko chronograph worn by Sigourney Weaver in Aliens will go down as a movie icon. Last year, another...

The UR-110PTH's platinum bezel is blackened. A watchmaker's expertise can be detected not only through the mechanical complexity of a timepiece, but also through its fine-finishing and the time-intensive skills this entails. Perlage, satin-finish and sand-blasting are all micro-signatures on the watchmaker's art, the finishing touches that give the timepiece its character and individual personality. Urwerk now showcases its fine-finishing...