{"id":5007,"date":"2017-03-25T01:58:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T00:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/?p=5007"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:32:55","slug":"urwerk-ur210-amadeus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/en\/urwerk-ur210-amadeus\/","title":{"rendered":"Urwerk: UR-210 Amadeus"},"content":{"rendered":"

For its 20th anniversary, URWERK<\/span><\/strong> embarks on a retro-futuristic experiment. Far from being an exercise in nostalgia, the new watch makes the sort of contrary and provocative statement one has come to expect from a watchmaker that disdains the ordinary. The experiment centres on one of URWERK\u2019s flagship models, a UR-210<\/strong>. Flung into a temporal particle accelerator, this futuristic watch collides with the past to emerge transfigured as a flamboyant anachronism.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn 18th-century wall clock in the pure baroque style has pride of place in the workshops.It was one of the first collector\u2019s pieces my father gave me \u2014 an imposing, massive work of art with elaborate gilding. For me its attraction lies in its extravagance, because extremes appeal to me,\u201d declares watchmaker Felix Baumgartner, URWERK\u2019s co-founder.<\/p>\n

The memories of these first horological infatuations are certainly what inspired the new UR-210 Amadeus<\/span> \u2013 Amadeus referring of course to the Great Wolfgang. \u201cWolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/strong> was certainly a pioneer of the Punk subculture\u201d says Felix Baumgartner. \u201cOneshould read his biography. He was a rebel and URWERK for sure share the spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Amadeus\"<\/p>\n

For this retro-futuristic move, the UR-210 wastransformed by the expert hands of the talented craftsman, Florian G\u00fcllert<\/strong>. Baroque is an apt description of this new creation. \u201cThe decoration is very post-Renaissance 17th-century, but on a determinedly contemporary structure,\u201d<\/strong> comments Florian. \u201cThe swirling pattern of acanthus leaves<\/strong> is most suitable for this style, contrasting with the angular look of the watch. We have merged the case, the crown protection and the bracelet into one unit to create an exceptional piece. I was given the entire watch to work on and I took it over to produce a design in steel.\u201d<\/p>\n

This painstaking work took more than 260 hours to complete.<\/strong> Ensuring the continuity of the design was the main objective and the greatest difficulty for the engraver. \u201cIt\u2019s a work of many aspects. The themes must interconnect and complement one another without being superfluous. This is certainly one of the creations of which I am most proud,\u201d concludes Florian.<\/p>\n

For Martin Frei, this collision between the future and the past underlines his vision of a fluid frontier between time and space. \u201cAt URWERK, we have evolved a strikingly contemporary notion of indicating the time, yet it is based on a 17th-century concept. I see this as a continuum rather than a contradiction, in a timeless and universal dimension of ideas and thoughts. Since our beginnings, I have always questioned the idea of delineated periods of time. Where some people might see limits and rigid classifications, I see intangible bridges and links in an infinite flow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UR-210\u2019s satellite complication with retrograde minute<\/strong> is both highly original and totally explosive. The principal feature is a high-tech, oversized, three-dimensional retrograde minute hand. Its function is to enclose the hour satelliteand indicate the time as it transverses the 0-to-60-minute scale.<\/strong> This one-hour journey through time, tracing an arc of 120\u00b0, is smooth and fluid. But the true nature of the piece is revealed at the end of the 59th minute. Then a sharp distinct \u201cclick\u201d signals the return of the minute hand to its starting point. In less than 0.1 of a second the hand flies back to dock with the next hour satellite. This high-speed retrograde system is based on three key elements:<\/strong><\/p>\n