Urwerk UR-110 Torpedo Guide: Specs, Variants, Prices | Ultimate Watch

The details collectors trade over coffee: Urwerk thought the Marvel call was a prank and hung up on Hollywood until they heard Robert Downey Jr. had asked for the UR-110 by name; the brand then flew the watch to the set by hand. The oil change indicator on the dial is pure Urwerk humor with a serious job, a service countdown displayed like an odometer sticker on a supercar. The torpedoes never break formation: planetary gearing keeps all three arrow pointers parallel through the entire orbit, so setting the watch quickly and watching the satellites counter rotate to hold their bearing is the party trick every owner performs at dinner. The TTH's tantalum bezel is nearly twice the thickness of the standard bezel at 4.10mm versus 2.40mm, and machinists genuinely hate the metal, which is the point. The wandering hours idea itself is over 300 years old, built by the Campani brothers for a pope who wanted to read the time from bed at night; Urwerk just gave it torpedoes. And the quiet detail that separates readers of spec sheets from people who have worn one: at 47mm by 51mm the UR-110 sounds enormous, but the strap horns fasten under the case and the titanium keeps it light, so it wears smaller than any Urwerk before it. That is why it converted so many first time Urwerk buyers, and why we rarely keep one in the case at 47th Street for long.