TimeZone
  • Public Forum
  • Watch Talk
    • Public Forum
    • Only Watch 2013
    • Basel/SIHH 2013
    • Dive Watch Forum
    • Independent Horology
    • Ladies Watch Forum
    • Vintage Watch Forum
    • Watch Review Forum
    • Watchmaking & Repair
    • French Language Forum
    • Japanese Language Forum
  • Brand Forums A-H
    • A. Lange & Söhne
    • Audemars Piguet
    • Ball Watch
    • Bell & Ross
    • Blancpain
    • Breguet
    • Breitling
    • Cartier
    • FP Journe
    • German Brands
    • Girard-Perregaux
    • Glashütte Original
    • Heuer / TAG Heuer
    • Hublot
  • Brand Forums I-Z
    • IWC
    • Jaeger-LeCoultre
    • Montblanc
    • Officine Panerai
    • Omega
    • Patek Philippe
    • Richard Mille
    • Rolex – Modern
    • Rolex – Vintage
    • Seiko
    • Sinn
    • Tudor
    • Ulysse Nardin
    • Vacheron Constantin
    • Zenith
  • Community
    • Sales Corner
    • TZ Showcase
    • Watch Repair
    • Automotive Forum
    • Job Listings
    • GTG Reports
    • Lifestyle & Entertainment
    • Time Exposure
    • TZ Classics
    • Visit our Sponsors
  • News&Features
    • Industry News
    • Interviews
    • TZ Blogs
    • TZ Features
  • Resources
    • Guidelines and User Agreement
    • Lost Password
    • Register
    • Search TimeZone
    • Basel/SIHH
      • Basel/SIHH 2013
      • Basel/SIHH 2012
      • Basel/SIHH 2011
      • Basel/SIHH 2010
      • Basel/SIHH 2009
      • Basel/SIHH 2008
      • Basel/SIHH 2007
      • Basel/SIHH 2006
      • Basel/SIHH 2005
      • Basel/SIHH 2004
    • Only Watch
      • Only Watch 2013
    • Horologium
    • Inserting Images
    • TZ Archives
      • Adventures of Watchbore
      • Timelines
      • Carols’ Journal
      • Time Machine
      • It’s About Time
      • Time Warped
      • From The Workbench
      • Community Articles
      • TZ Tour 2006
      • TZ Tour 2005
      • Chopard CLOSED
      • Chronoswiss CLOSED
    • TZ Tool Shop
    • TZ Watch School
    • Vintage Watch Ads
    • Watch of the Year
      • 2012 Watch of the Year
      • 2011 Watch of the Year
      • 2010 Watch of the Year
      • 2009 Watch of the Year
      • 2008 Watch of the Year
      • 2007 Watch of the Year
      • 2006 Watch of the Year
      • 2005 Watch of the Year
    • Watch Repair
    • Wristwatch FAQ
    • Site Map
Goto Forum:
  

E-mail to friend 

Return to the default flat view Create a new topic Submit Reply

Peter Chong


Messages: 2931
Location: Singapore
Registered: November 2003
some thoughts on the new Urwerk 202 Mon, 14 April 2008 09:21 Go to previous message

I was at the Four Seasons Hotel and met up with Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei during the show.

The novelty for this year is the new automatic Urwerk 202.

Known as the "hammerhead", this watch is uber uber cool.



The watch features a variable winding mechanism...not the first to attempt this - I believe this was first shown in the Richard Mille RM005, with variable inertia rotors, but requires a watchmaker to open the watch to change from sport to sedantary. The DeBethune DB24 also feature this in 3 adjustable steps - H, M, L. But the Urwerk implementation, I think, is most elegant. Two turbines are connected directly to the rotor, and by either opening the vanes of the turbines or closing them, via a cool catch seen in the middle of the watch below, one is able to infinitely tweak the winding efficiency.



The super uber cool dial with rotating cubes, and spear-like retractable indicators. The cool-ness of the mechanism hides the fact that the entire display revolved, and the huge amount of power required to move the large mass - if I remember correctly, more than 100 times the weight of regular watch hands.


Notice Moonphase at 7 oçlock and power reserve at 5 oçlock.



Closeup of dial showing the finish, and great attention to detail.



The customary wrist shot:



I also noticed a platinum, which is black treated 201 on Martin's wrist. Martin also showed me a black treated 201 in SS...which is inspired by the finish on a harderned steel drill bit. Again uber cool.

The deployant buckle is without any catch, but closes and held close by a spring in the buckle, which is stable only totally open position of the deployant buclke or totally closed. Clever.

I leave you with a picture of Felix...in front of a poster of Steve McQueen, wearing an Urwerk...the entire suite had several pictures of old time movie stars wearing photoshopped in Urwerks.



I make no apologies for saying uber cool so many times in this short article. This watch is UBER COOL

[Report message to a moderator]

 Send a private message to this user  
 
 
 
  • some thoughts on the new Urwerk 202 - Peter Chong - Mon, 14 April 2008 09:21 (96 clicks)
  • I agree with you... - foversta - Tue, 15 April 2008 17:41 (1 clicks)
  • I think you hit the nail on the head with Uber Cool. Peter;)) - jp884 - Tue, 15 April 2008 00:33 (0 clicks)
  • Uber uber cool pics Peter. Great work. Thx [nt] [nt] - gompie - Mon, 14 April 2008 16:06 (1 clicks)
  • Uber Cool may be an understatement. - Iwan - Mon, 14 April 2008 12:24 (0 clicks)
  • Thanks Peter. It is indeed uber-cool - SJX - Mon, 14 April 2008 11:57 (1 clicks)
  • Fantastic photos Peter. Thanks! [nt] [nt] - Mike Disher - Mon, 14 April 2008 11:56 (0 clicks)

  • Goto Forum:
      
    Previous Topic: My first independant
    Next Topic: New Machine ...

    © 2013 Bourne in Time Inc. | TimeZone Guidelines and Policies