UJ-2: Double wheel natural escapement
Prize winner
- Category
- Men's
- Case
- Red gold
- Movement
- Manual-winding mechanical Power reserve: 52 h, 18000 vph
- Functions
- Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Power reserve indicator, Special escapement
- Size
- ø 39 mm
- Thickness
- 10.9 mm
- Water resistance
- 30 m
- Reference
- UJ-2-003
- Price
- 113,500 CHF
Description
Through the UJ-2’s understated beauty flow Urban Jürgensen’s philosophies – that the purest things demand our greatest efforts; that excellence is a goal in and of itself; and that the pursuit of perfection and doing things right is the key to joy. This timepiece is by a Maison that seeks the challenges posed by exceptional watchmaking and doesn’t skirt them.
At its heart is the double wheel natural escapement – a mechanism whose elegance belies the complexity of its creation. Each component, from the hand-finished wheels to the pristine bridges, to the decoration on parts unseen by the naked eye, exists because that’s the way it should be.
When the escapement wheels perform their intricate ballet – each tooth precisely engaging and releasing in a mesmerizing rhythm, orchestrating time with microscopic precision – they represent generations of watchmakers, from Urban’s teacher Abraham Louis Breguet to the watchmakers of today, who looked at accepted solutions and strove to make them better.
The UJ-2 is not about complexity for complexity’s sake. It is about the relentless pursuit of perfection in even the simplest things. Every element, visible or hidden, exists as a testament to the belief that marking time beautifully matters – that the way we choose to count our moments shapes how we experience them.
Supplied by the brand to the GPHG for its entry.