CHASING PHOTONS

The Urwerk UR-100V LightSpeed Ceramic is a cosmic scale on the wrist

- WORDS KEN KE

Some watchmakers speak to the heart of what time means to the editorial team here, and Urwerk shot to the top of a very short list with the UR-100V LightSpeed in 2024.

As the editor frequently bemoans, space limitations meant we could not get to the watch then. Happily, Urwerk gives us a second chance with the UR-100V LightSpeed Ceramic this year; the watch is so fresh you may not find it listed yet on The Hour Glass website . Anyway, Urwerk co-founders Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei have spent decades questioning what time actually is, and presenting their unique spin on it. Urwerk's latest creation, the UR-100V LightSpeed Ceramic, like the original LightSpeed, concerns itself with measuring the time it takes for a photon to travel from the Sun to the edges of our solar system.