The last model in the Urwerk 103 line was apparently partly inspired by the Mexican Fireleg Tarantula.

According to Urwerk’s Martin Frei it is their first masterpiece, “it is the one that symbolises to this day the perfect balance between elegance and technicity.”

It uses a unique display with four titanium “orbiting satellites” each featuring three hour numbers which rotate and link up with the minute arc at the bottom to indicate the time.

Mexican Fireleg Tarantula

Limited edition of 60 timepieces

Price:$50,000

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Ladoire RGT Punk Rock

Ladoire Geneve make avant-garde timepieces with complications. They are a fairly new Swiss company formed in 2007 and have an unconventional approach to watchmaking.

This can be clearly seen in some of the design features of the RGT Punk Rock model; its crown is at the 8 o’clock position instead of the typical 3 and it has an unusually shaped asymetrical case as well as the very unconventional face and dial design.

The RGT line is Ladoires first series of timepieces and stands for “Roller Guardian Time” , the name indicates the use of rotating discs which are mounted on ceramic micro ball bearings used to show the hours, minutes and seconds.

Seahope Leiji Meter

This LED watch commemorates the 55th Anniversary of Leiji Matsumoto – well-known creator of several anime and manga series, most famous for his “space opera” Space Battleship Yamato.

The substantial Skull shaped case of the Leiji Meter watch is made from a special oxidation resistant superalloy used in the manufacture of aircraft and rockets. Skull and cross bone designs also decorate the pushers and the unique display combines LED and analog functions.

Limited edition of 1000 units.

Price:$390
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Di Grisogono Meccanica DG

Its described as the most complicated mechanical digital watch in the world and consists of 651 pieces. Its apparently the first entirely mechanical watch with a digital display that shows a second time zone.

The mechanically driven digital display is operated by a series of cams and gears, the digital segments are formed from tubes, each segment rotating 90 degrees to indicate the time.

This is a limited edition watch with just 177 of these being made to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Di Grisogono. Measures 56 x 48 mm

Price:$200,000
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Urwerk 203
Urwerk was formed in 1997 by watchmaker brothers Felix and Thomas Baumgartner along with designer and friend Martin Frei. The name is derived from the city of Ur “where our perception of time was molded over 6000 years ago by the moving shadows cast by the obelisks of Ur” and the German for “work”.

Their UR-203 model features a dial using a “patented revolving satellite complication with integral telescopic minutes hands”. The use of the word “satellites” is significant because designer Martin Frei draws inspiration from Spaceships, his father having worked with the team that built the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module).

MB&F HM2-SV

This is the “Sapphire Vision” version of MB&F`s Horological Machine No. 2

The main difference is the substitution of the metal front plate of the watch for a large 3.6mm thick sapphire crystal so that a view of the entire movement can be appreciated.

Crystals of this size are notoriously difficult to create, the cutting alone takes 55 hours and quite a few break in the cutting and drilling stages, this could well be why this is such a limited edition watch with only 25 being produced.

The dial on the left displays the date as well as moon phase indicator. The right one a jumping hour display and retrograde minute display.

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HD3 Complication Bi Axial Black Pearl

With the success of the Vulcania model, HD3 brought out its bi-axial tourbillon with the launch of the new and most exclusive Black Pearl range.

For this new adventure Fabrice Gonet was inspired by the wonderful era of pirates and buccaneers, to which he added the retro-futuristic steampunk style so uniquely characteristic of Vulcania.

The design of the Black Pearl watch case is straight out of the world of pirates: there is a hatch on the 9 o’clock side of the case which looks like a cannon hatch of a naval man o’war from former times. It opens to give a panoramic view of the tourbillon from the side, and also reveals a plate on which can be engraved the name of the owner and ‘captain’ of the timepiece.

The hatch is decorated with a small plate in titanium pvd showing the famous skull-and-crossbones flag of the pirate Jack Rackham.

Cabestan Winch Tourbillon

Like the Harry Winston Opus III , this novel time measurement instrument was also designed by Vianney Halter.

Revealing unique technical and aesthetic features it is constructed around a winch driven movement utilising nickel silver drums and a 450 link chain and in total 1,352 separate components.

The hours, minutes and seconds are read from two engraved rotary drums, which are
powered by a hand-wind movement.

Only four of these are made every month.

Price:$275,000
Source: Cabestan

Prescher is one of the top makers of single and multi-axis Tourbillons which are usually the focal point of his watches.

At first glance its hard to fathom just how this timepiece is powered since there appears to be no apparent connection between thhe display and the movement. Its no wonder therefore that Thomas Prescher decided to describe it as a “mysterious kinetic Sculpture” .

The reason is that the “Double Axis Tourbillon” cleverly hides its movement in the left and right sides of the case, giving the watch an intriguing and minimalistic appearance. Its an appearance that belies the complex mechanics hidden away.

The time is displayed by the two discs at the top, with a 3d moonphase indicator inbetween. At the bottom two dials showing the date have been integrated into the oscillating weight (see the video for a clearer understanding)

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Hamilton ODC X-02

The new ODC X-02 takes its design cues from the original watch that was featured in the 1966 Kubrick film “2001:A Space Odyssey”. The ODC X-02 is a sequel to the original watch. Apparently this new and really radical and futuristic design also drew inspiration from the cross section of an aircrafts wing, apparent in its aerodynamic shape.

Striking and unusual the ODC X-02 is made from black titanium and rubber and features three different watch faces, local time and GMT1 and GMT2 for different timezones.

These dials are located below piston-like chambers, on the tops of which are located the individual crowns for setting the watches.

1000 will be made.
Source: Hamilton