Introducing the URWERK UR-105 The Hour Glass

“Since its founding, The Hour Glass has championed the work of boutique independent watchmakers and represented them in Asia. In the last two decades, as innovative mechanical watchmaking has proliferated, the retailer has come to represent the greatest horological inventors of this generation.

In the early 2000s, group managing director of The Hour Glass Michael Tay encountered two creative talents of the industry, Martin Frei and Felix Baumgartner, who had just set up URWERK. The avant-garde designer and watchmaker duo had devised a new way of displaying the traditional sector time or “wandering hours” indicator, with a three-dimensional satellite display and arced minutes counter. The result was a hypnotic display of time that both honored a classic watchmaking design and interpreted it for a 21st century audience. URWERK has been challenging notions of watchmaking since its inception, and they have been part of The Hour Glass’ brand portfolio since 2004. In 2007, The Hour Glass staged a major watch exhibition in Singapore called Tempus, the first of its kind, and invited the duo to Singapore where their brilliant designs were publicly showcased and affirmed.”

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