Urwerk - UR-120 Blue Planet

The Final Salute from the Cosmos

At the crossroads of science-fiction imagination and avant-garde horology, URWERK unveils the UR-120 Blue Planet, a timepiece that marks the final chapter of a now legendary model, sending it into orbit with one last luminous gesture.

The third and final iteration of the UR-120, this limited edition of 20 pieces claims blue as its signature: deep, liquid, and suspended between Earth seen from orbit and the infinite expanse of space. Lifted by touches of gold, the UR-120 Blue Planet exists between two worlds one governed by the cold precision of mechanical mathematics, the other by stories of distant galaxies, heroic voyages, and final transmissions from the stars.

A Technical Object in the Service of Style

The UR-120 Blue Planet is built around an interlocking two-part case construction, composed of a base and an upper shell that fit together with absolute precision. Its smooth sandblasted steel surface, free of visible screws, gives the watch the presence of a spacecraft hull: protective, aerodynamic, and seemingly designed for another atmosphere.

Measuring 47mm wide, 44mm long, and 15.8mm thick, the case is completed by a domed anti-reflective sapphire crystal that draws the eye into the display. Its articulated lugs extend the case with seamless continuity, while a spring concealed within the 6 o’clock lug fine-tunes the fit on the wrist. Nothing is accidental; every detail serves structure, ergonomics, and visual trajectory.

Kinetics of a Salute: The UR-20.01 Calibre

At the heart of the UR-120 Blue Planet beats the self-winding Calibre UR-20.01, a mechanism designed not merely to indicate time, but to stage it. Three hour satellites orbit a central carousel, each advancing in turn along the minute track before leaving the stage to prepare for the next hour.

Then comes the gesture. As a satellite reaches the left-hand side of the case, it opens: its two rectangular arms split apart to form a V, bringing the Vulcan salute to life. Familiar to generations of science-fiction devotees, this sign becomes a true horological complication, animated by satellites that counter-rotate for legibility, arms that pivot independently, a lyre-shaped spring, and Maltese crosses that choreograph each sequence with microscopic precision.

Gold: When Function Becomes Light

Against the deep blue architecture of the UR-120 Blue Planet, the lyre springs and Maltese crosses are finished with a 24K yellow-gold PVD coating. Here, gold is not decoration. It reveals function, drawing the eye to the active components, the points of tension, the places where energy is stored, released, and transformed into motion.

Like glowing collectors at the front of a spacecraft’s warp engines, these gilded elements seem to capture and channel power. Every passing second becomes energy made visible; every mechanical impulse becomes light.