URWERK

Martin Frei, URWERK chief designer and co-founder is born in Winterthur. His father was an engineer in basic research, making machines while his mother is his first art teacher.

Felix Baumgartner, URWERK master watchmaker and co-founder, is born in Schaffhausen, into a watchmaking family. His very first word was “tick-tock”.

Milestone meeting in 1995 between Felix, his brother Thomas and Martin Frei. These young men are united by their common passion for measuring and portraying time. A long discussion and sharing of philosophies and dreams, culminates in a decision to create their own vision of time.

URWERK is founded in 1997 with one goal: to design and craft haute horlogerie timepieces blending tradition with futuristic vision.

'URWERK' has its origins far from Switzerland, in the town of UR in Mesopotamia, the very first place where our perception of time was molded. While WERK means to work, create, evolve, shape, forge and to arouse emotions, in German.

Urwerk is a Pioneer of the Ingenious Watchmaking

URWERK UR-112 Aggregat Odyssey

Event: Urwerk x The Lavish Attic