4.25.2008
Urwerk Sells World's First Compressed Air Powered Watch
We're big fans of wristwatches that combine sleek design with outstanding function, and the new Urwerk 202 fills the bill better than most time pieces we've seen. Let's start out with the fact that the UR-202 is the world's first compressed air powered wristwatch. Instead of a traditional rotating vane, the 202 uses miniature twin turbines to control the rate of automatic winding. Plus, the level of air compression generated by the turbines can actually be controlled using a 3-position selector switch. Now that's pretty cool.As much as we like the way the UR-202 winds itself, we're more intrigued with the design of the watch. If you check out this video, you'll see that the UR-202 features a distinctive time display. The hour is shown using a series of rotating circles, which points down towards a display that marks the minutes.
Urwerk offers a number of different designs for the UR-202 including red gold, white gold, black PE-CVD Platinum and TiAlN. As of now no pricing information is available, but we'd expect these to cost a pretty penny.
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