Wear The World On Your Wrist

These watches are proudly made in Switzerland, but prouder still are their homages to other cultures.

Haute horlogerie has, for a long time, been associated with Swiss timekeeping and traditions. But as our interconnectedness grows, with talented independent watchmakers and established watch brands now hailing from all corners of the world, so has the number of timepieces that toast this wonderfully inclusive diversity.

In 2022, Urwerk humbly hid its signature satellite hour display under an intricate dial engraved with patterns inspired by the Aztec Sun Stone, becoming the first UR-100V Time and Culture watch. The intention behind this collection was to celebrate how humanity has perceived time across history and cultures.

Its recent follow-up, the UR-100V Time and Culture II “Sumer”, takes us even further back to 3000 BC — to the age of the Sumerians in the city of Ur. Interestingly, the Sumerians developed the base-60 counting system, a foundation that would later influence the Babylonians in structuring our current system of dividing the hours and minutes into units of 60.