Only 25 Watches Black Urwerk UR-111C
Originally introduced in 2018, the Urwerk UR-111C which was previously available in polished steel or a gunmetal finish – is now available in a new two-tone version consisting of black PVD and brushed steel. The UR-111C Two-Tone measures the same 46 mm x 42 mm x 15 mm and includes jumping hours, retrograde linear minutes, digital minutes, and digital seconds.
Driving the four separate time indications is a 4Hz automatic movement with stop seconds, 37 jewels, and a 48-hour power reserve. To hand-wind and set the watch there’s a new roller system – also used on the original UR-111C – which can be wound using the roller on the top of the case. And when the small lever to the right side of the case is released, the same roller can be used to set the time, with stop seconds functionality.
Like the UR-111C, the new TT variation has a retrograde linear minute display in an end-mounted driver’s watch, which Urwerk says is a “spinoff of the mechanism invented for the UR-CC1.” Except here the numerals are set in a 30° diagonal slant for better readability. This means that the rotating cylinder onto which the minute indicator is painted must rotate 300 degrees, during which a coiled spring is wound. At the 60th minute, the spring is released, making the indicator jump a an additional 60 degrees and back to the start position. But it also makes the hour indicator to its left jump too – creating a mesmerizi...
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