Urwerk Hammerhead 201 Watch Just £25,000 January 21, 2007

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Urwerk make expensive watches. In fact, expensive is almost too cheap a word to describe the kind of tags this company slaps on its luxury timepieces.

Thankfully, Urwerk tend to rely on engineering for its exclusive status, unlike others that think if you throw enough Swarovski crystals at something it will pass for style. Still, would you pay up to £25,000 for this watch?

This is the Hammerhead 201, which boasts telescopic minute hands that move in and out of the three, rotating cubic hour satellites. Each cube has four numbers on it and rotate in time to match the telescopic pointers on the minute hands. Other features include:

A 5 day Power Reserve indicator (left) and Day/Night indicator (right) complete the dial. The Control Board on the back of the 201 features: an Oil Change indicator notifying the owner a service is due; a 100 year plus indicator, the worlds first horological odometer, keeping track of the total time of use for over a 100 years; and Urwerk’s signature Fine Tuning screw allowing the wear to adjust the rate to suit their life style.

Still, £25,000? Anyone? [Thanks to Mitch at Watchismo for the heads up]-Martin Lynch

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