Introducing Urwerk Launches the UR-10 Spacemeter

For a brand that built its identity around defying convention, the unexpected has always been Urwerk’s comfort zone. When you think of wandering hours, you think of Urwerk, a name that turns time into motion. But what happens when the brand that redefined time decides to measure something even greater?

Here comes the UR-10 Spacemeter, a creation unlike any Urwerk before it. Gone are the wandering satellites and rotating cubes. In their place, a round dial, central hands, and a new purpose. This timepiece doesn’t just tell time, it measures the Earth’s journey through the cosmos, translating planetary motion into mechanical poetry.

The watch introduces a rounded case with central hands and a perfectly balanced layout that immediately signals change. Measuring 45.40 mm in width, 44 mm in length, and 7.13 mm in thickness (excluding crystals), it stands among the thinnest Urwerk cases ever made.

It is crafted from a sandblasted titanium upper case paired with a sandblasted steel caseback. Sapphire glass boxes on both sides, treated with anti-reflective coating, reveal the intricacy of the mechanism from every angle. The design is deceptively simple, built in two parts without a caseband and secured from the sides, echoing Gérald Genta’s structural innovations. Water resistance is rated at 30 meters.

The story continues on the back, where Urwerk transforms the watch into a celestial map. The caseback features Rotation and Revolution indicators on a 24-hour scale, one moving clockwise and the other anticlockwise, mirroring the Earth’s daily spin and annual orbit. Together, they create a visual metaphor of balance, reminding the wearer of the planet’s constant motion through space.

While the shape is round and familiar, the dial of the UR-10 is anything but ordinary. It comes in black or grey PVD with syringe-shaped hands coated with Super-LumiNova, while the distance counters feature Breguet-style indicators that blend modern engineering with classical elegance. The subdial at 2 o’clock tracks the Earth’s rotation, marking every 10 kilometers of distance traveled. The 4 o’clock counter measures the 1,000-kilometer increments of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. At 9 o’clock, a double concentric counter merges both readings, combining rotation and revolution in synchronized harmony.

Inside beats the Calibre UR-10.01, an automatic movement developed in collaboration with Vaucher Manufacture and extensively modified by Urwerk. It operates at 28,800 vph (4 Hz) and delivers a 43-hour power reserve through a double-barrel system. Its standout feature is the patented Dual Flow Turbine: a pair of counter-rotating propellers that manage the rotor’s speed and enhance energy efficiency. The movement employs skeletonized LIGA wheels, some weighing less than 0.009 grams, to minimize friction and optimize power flow.

The watch is fitted with a sandblasted titanium single-link bracelet secured by a titanium deployant clasp, and it comes in two versions, titanium and black, each limited to 25 pieces and priced at CHF 70,000, approximately AED 321,000.

For more information, visit Urwerk’s official website.