Urwerk’s UR-210 is a handsome piece already, featuring the brand’s signature satellite display technology to tell time in a groundbreaking way. But the new Dubai version, hand-engraved by Florian Güllert, makes it seem like a monument from an age of giants.
The Dubai UR-210 is unique, a magnificent watch made even more incredible by the intricate work done by Güllert on the watch’s titanium and steel case. The engraving extends even down every link of the bracelet, making the entire watch look like a temple. The patterns are so engaging that you could lose yourself in them, and ironically lose all track of time.
It took Florian Güllert almost 300 hours to carve the arabesques and scrolls that you see covering every touch of space on this Urwerk case. “I immersed myself in art books on engraving and Middle Eastern decorative styles before embarking on this daunting project. But what joy!” declares Florian Güllert. “I’m used to the classic motifs you see on sporting guns, so I had to reappraise my working methods,” he admits.
Moving from sporting gun engraving to the Urwerk Dubai watch may have been daunting, but the results are undeniably spectacular. To see the watch in all its etched glory is to both covet it and to devote yourself to the culture hinted at in its curving lines and angles. One can only hope that Florian Güllert and Urwerk continue this collaboration, because we can all only benefit from the results.
