Urwerk UR210: black or white?

Presenting the latest Urwerk...the UR210.

Last week, I wrote about how cool Urwerk watches were, and featured the progression of cool from the early years to the UR210. Today's post will provide some additional high resolution photographs of the UR201.

I find the visual impact of the watch to be quite amazing. It looks like a mechanical sclupture which looks macho aggressive with the exposed machine parts, and at the same time elegant.

Twins?

A closer look at the UR210 in stainless steel case. Note the activity indicator at 10 o'clock. This tells the wearer how active he has been in the last 2 hours....interesting new feedback to the wearer from a watch.

And black anodized...they look like different watches. I prefer the black case...which one do you prefer?

The attention to detail and finishing is outstanding...see the following closeup, click on the image for a large 1920 wide wallpaper.

And on the wrist

And looks even better on the wrist of a lovely lady

The Lange Arkade...fit for a queen

The Lange Arkade is an underated watch. The movement is beautiful...magnificent even. The case unique, the outsized date was an outrage when it was first introduced in 1994.

In many sense, this is an outstanding watch...with one small print...it is a ladies timepiece. The ladies watch market, sadly, is dominated with quartz watches, which feature more for design and the jewellery it carries than for the movement.

Though, since the Arkade hit the market, many other manufacturers also began offering ladies watches which have great movements within. Amongst them, Girard Perregaux, Glashutte Originale, Jaeger LeCoultre, and even Patek Philippe.

The movement is without question to me, simply the best to be encased in a ladies watch

Lange even toyed with the idea of using the magnificent movement in a larger case...called the Grande Arkade targetted at the gentlemen...but found that the discerning customers who are looking at Lange as a potential purchase loathe a small movement in a large case syndrome...observe the ladies Arkade...the movement occupies almost the entire case...as seen here

Note this is the personal watch of my wife's...and is well worn and loved. I intentionally photographed it as is, without additional cleaning to show how the watch wears the patina and daily knocks. Considering this specimen is almost 10 years old, and worn frequently, it is in rather good condition.