Not everyone can pull off an Urwerk watch. Almost all of its timepieces look like machines from the future powered by the ingenuity of a distant past, but it is this dichotomy that makes them so interesting.
Launched in 2021, the UR-112 Aggregat hails from the experimental Special Projects collection. According to the brand, it was designed to gleam like Padme Amidala’s J-type 327, have windows like the owl ship from Watchmen, shaped like a Klingon Bird of Prey and grooved like the hull of the Battlestar Galactica.
Hitting the two pushers on the sides of the case will open its grooved, hunter-style case to reveal the seconds on the left. Etched onto silicon discs and framed by a bright red anodised aluminium bridge, you can see the seconds jump – five seconds at a time – through a small magnifying lens. On the left is the power reserve indicator, which also happens to be the only analogue display on the watch.