When Felix and Thomas Baumgartner sat down with Martin Frei in 1995, the trio could not have predicted the ultimate results of their collaboration. The Baumgartners are watchmakers and Frei is an artist and designer. Together, they have reinvented the way time is displayed on the wrist. Their company; URWERK, named after the city of Ur, the place where time was first measured with the shadows cast by the obelisks in a sundial-esque fashion; creates watches that push the creative boundaries of haute horology.
The URWERK UR-202 ALTIN features a revolving 'satellite' complication that indicates the time using telescoping minutes hands that extend from the middle of three orbiting and revolving satellites that indicate the hours. The length of these hands is automatically adjusted to follow the arc of the minute track. There's also a moonphase and day/night indicator. 
Flip the UR-202 over and you'll see the twin turbines that couple with the winding rotor. A 3-position selector adjusts the level of air compression generated by the small turbine fans within the case - more pressure means more air friction, a slower more cushioned winding rotor, less wear and tear and a longer movement life. URWERK has dubbed the automatic movement its calibre UR 7.02.
The case of the UR-202 ALTIN is coated with Aluminum Titanium Nitride. While only 4 microns thick, the ALTIN treatment takes the UR-202s steel case from a hardness of 600 Vickers to an astounding 3800 Vickers and makes it incredibly resistant to scratches, shocks and oxidation. As a point of comparison, the sapphire crystal used on the UR-202 ALTIN is 4000 Vickers - only a diamond will scratch it!
The URWERK UR-202 ALTIN is 46mm x 43mm and 15mm thick and has an incredible wrist presence - keep it under cuff (modified by your tailor of choice) unless you have a little bit of extra time to work through the ooohs and ahhhs.
