With its bronze-hued carapace and raw presence, it is the essence of wandering time.
As the name suggests, the UR-101 and its sister model, the UR-102, are Urwerk’s first. This best watch was the foundation of Urwerk, defining a style and a way of displaying, and influencing nearly 30 years of endless creativity since. The first UR-101 and 102 featured a unique wandering hour display inspired by a clock made for the Pope by the Campani brothers in 1652. A few years ago, Urwerk relaunched the UR-102 concept with the Reloaded model. Now it’s time for the UR-101 to be resurrected… but this usually rather stylish high quality replica watches has undergone a metamorphosis to become the latest member of the bold, expressive T-Rex family.
Along with the 102, the Urwerk UR-101 is the one that started it all, and one of the founding watches of the new independent watchmaking world – Urwerk, De Bethune, MB&F, etc. The UR-101 has it all: a sci-fi, unprecedented design designed by Martin Frei to resemble either a satellite or the Millennium Falcon (pick your favorite inspiration), mechanically conceptualized by Felix Baumgartner, displaying a Campanis-based clock with wandering hours and minutes on the arches. The first UR-101 was launched in 1997 at the AHCI space at Baselworld, with an asymmetrical 38mm yellow gold case, with the top lugs hidden beneath the case, two traditional lugs on the bottom, and, at the time, a traditional crown at 3 o’clock.
With the UR-102 relaunched a few years ago, it’s time for the brand to resurrect the UR-101… but not just a one-to-one remake, but a revisited version, modernized, and now mostly part of the T-Rex collection – meaning a bronze case and guilloché texture reminiscent of angry dinosaur scales. Urwerk’s T-Rex concept has appeared twice in the past, with the UR-105 T-Rex in 2016 and the UR-100V T-Rex in 2021. replica HYT H1 watches
The UR-101 returns bolder and more expressive than ever, with a “bronze carapace, a raw presence, and a raw touch” in the words of the founder. But it’s not just about the T. Rex side. There’s more to this new version. The most striking element, of course, is the bronze hand-painted case covered in a textured skin, a layer of scaly armor covering its bezel, sides, and lugs. This guilloché is a technique usually reserved for dials, and here, when touched, brings out the raw essence of the watch. The engraved grooves start at the crown and run along the entire case at a low slope to the steeply curved slope leading to the caseback.
In fact, one of the main improvements of this Urwerk UR-101 replica is the repositioning of the crown to 3 o’clock, a feature of most replica luxury watches from the brand. Another improvement concerns the proportions, as the case has been slightly enlarged and is now 41 mm in diameter and 11.86 mm thick – but thanks to the larger curvature of the back and the shorter lugs, it should still be a fairly compact watch. The back is black PVD-coated steel and has a water-resistance rating of 30 meters. There is also a new pull system on the back for easier access to the crown.
Like its predecessor, the new UR-101 T-Rex Edition features the classic wandering hour complication with two satellites (each with 6 hour markers), a 180-degree minute display, and a solid snailed wheel that transmits the current hour on a minute track before the next hour appears on the left. Here it is discreetly displayed behind a domed sapphire crystal, complete with a black background and bright luminous numerals. swiss replica watches
Under the solid caseback is the new UR-1.01V movement, based on a modern Vaucher automatic movement with a classic timepiece on top, produced in-house. The watch is presented on a black rubber strap with a textile effect and black calfskin lining, secured with a black DLC-treated steel pin buckle.
Technical specifications – URWERK UR-101 T-REX Edition
Case: 41 mm diameter x 11.86 mm thickness – Hand-painted guilloché bronze case with graduated effect – Domed sapphire crystal for time indication – Black PVD-coated steel case back – Steel and PEEK crown lever – 30m pressure tested
Dial display: Hours on two satellites – Minutes on a 180-degree dome – Hour and minute markers painted with Super-LumiNova
Movement: UR-1.01V calibre – Vaucher automatic with built-in timekeeping module – 28 jewels – 28,800 vibrations per hour – 48-hour power reserve
Strap: Black rubber strap with textile effect and black calfskin lining – Black DLC-treated steel pin buckle
