The Urwerk UR-10 Spacemeter watch is more than a milestone in Urwerk’s trajectory. At first glance, a paradox unfolds: a round dial, hands in the center, concentric counters... features that seem alien to Urwerk’s DNA, yet in truth reveal a new facet of the company’s ethos. While the UR-10 features three sub-dials, it is not a regulator. Nor is it a chronograph or any form of calendar watch. Its subsidiary indications do not measure the passing of time. The UR-10 is dubbed a SpaceMeter for good reason: it measures the distances our planet travels across the time-space continuum. A world first!
Its three sub-dials are as many astronomic instruments: At 2 o'clock, the counter marked EARTH measures every ten kilometers the Earth travels in its daily rotation, in increments of 500 meters. At 4 o'clock, the counter marked SUN advances in 20 km steps, registering every 1,000 km the Earth travels on its solar orbit. At 9 o'clock, the counter marked ORBIT combines both trajectories, thus inscribing every 1,000 kilometers of rotation and 64,000 kilometers of solar orbit on two synchronized scales. On the back of the case, a peripheral hand traces the hours on a 24-hour scale, mirroring a full rotation of the Earth. The case-back is engraved with indications of both Rotation and Revolution: Rotation reads clockwise, while Revolution is read anticlockwise. This striking opposition reflects the Earth’s own anti-clockwise revolution, a poetic reminder of the cosmic dance.
On the back of the case, a peripheral hand traces the hours on a 24-hour scale, mirroring a full rotation of the Earth. The caseback is engraved with indications of both Rotation and Revolution: Rotation reads clockwise, while Revolution is read anticlockwise. This striking opposition reflects the Earth’s own anticlockwise revolution, a poetic reminder of the cosmic dance. Martin Frei, Art Director and Co-Founder of Urwerk, remarks, “Time and Space are the same reality. The UR-10 depicts two characteristics of our earthly condition; to be bound by human time, and to be mere passengers on a planet constantly traveling through the cosmos.
Limited to 25 Titanium editions and 25 Black editions
Brand: Urwerk
Model: UR-10 Spacemeter
Reference: UR-10
Movement: Automatic
Material: Titanium
Size: 45.4mm
Dial: Black or Grey PVD
Bracelet/Strap: Titanium bracelet
Warranty: Manufacturer's Warranty
Features:
- Earth distance counter at the equator
- Earth rotation around the sun counter
- Double concentric distance counter
- 24-hour rotation and revolution
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