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Independents: Open letter from Mr Dufour

When launching the EMC, the very first congratulations message received at URWERK came from Mr Dufour himself. We felt honored to aknowledge his kind words. He was, is and remains the godfather of most independent watchmakers. Thank you Mr Dufour for your kind words, your encouragment and constructi
10Y
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Independents: Hand generator

Hello I do not know much about the Seiko Spring Drive but for EMC, power for the mechanical movment comes from the double barrel. The monitoring of the balance wheel is powered by a hand-cranked generator (you can see it on diagram "concept box"). We are still working on miniaturising this element b
10Y
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Independents: Pièce unique

If I may, this piece is one of a kind. The case was entirely hand-crafted by a young arstist (based in Germany) who specialises in decorating hunting rifles. We nicknamed it the "Wild West", a watch designed for a man with self-assurance to face adversity without flinching ... Happy Birthday from th
11Y
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Independents: DB24 vs UR210

Hello. The DB24 would be more like the UR-202 launched in 2008 by URWERK : a piece featuring twin turbines coupled with the winding rotor. These turbines are controlled by a 3-position selector switch. While the selector position is continuously variable, the three principal positions are: normal ac
11Y
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Independents: this cartoon was created by a young URWERK fan

One year ago, we (URWERK) received an e-mail inviting us to visit a certain page on U-tube. There we were quite surprised to discover an animation displaying a copycat of an URWERK watch. With our logo. As you can imagine our first reaction was "what the hell's going on?" (to be honest not exactly t
13Y
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