Alex Rose goes hands on with the Urwerk EMC...

The following five watches, all available at Westime, are great options when the drama, boldness, and heft of a black watch is in order...

While we were in town for SIHH, we had some meetings off-site with brands. One of them is our favorites, Urwerk. We work with them a lot with Westime in LA, and was glad to be able to see Martin while I was in Geneva, and check out his latest watch launches, that he will […]

We can all point to various watches which claim automobile or racing heritage. Most of the time, the result is practically indistinguishable from any other watch, employing only minor design cues such as an automaker’s logo on the dial or case. But what about those few manufacturers that have decided to go that extra mile […]

To say that the ZR012 is complex is an understatement. This experimental piece, of which only 12 will be produced, is made with nitroglycerin (read: the active ingredient in dynamite). It took Urwerk’s Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei (the men who created the movement); MB&F’s Max Büsser and Serge Kriknoff; and Eric Giroud to create […]

  Haute Time: Tell us some of the most exciting developments at Urwerk today? Martin Frei: I am proud about the response that we get on our most recent model UR-110, and I am thrilled about the fact that we are going to introduce a new watch to you in the autumn 2012, one that takes […]

My next meeting after Zenith was with the creator of Urwerk watch, Martin Frei. He builds watches that are next level and range from $95 to 110K Swiss Francs, along with a special tourbillon pocket piece that is over $350k Swiss Francs. Only eight of these were made and all are sold out. The UR-1001 […]