Urwerk's UR-202 combines turbines and watches just how you always wanted

Like your Rolls-Royce, Louis Vuitton bags, and priceless, endangered animal collection, the Urwerk UR-202 turbine regulated watch is another expensive item you don't really need. Still... you want it, right? Who wouldn't want this beast, what with its self-winding kinetic motor, telescopic minute hands, orbiting and revolving hour satellites, and fancy, mechanical turbines that we understand almost nothing about. But hey, when your timepiece is more complicated than a jet plane -- and likely more expensive -- you've probably made it. Check out the totally awesome video after the break to see this thing in... uh, action.

[Via OhGizmo!]

[Rayan @ Apr 19th 2008 6:35AM]

I want (even though it looks cheap)

[Ellianth @ Apr 19th 2008 4:16PM]

I want one too. I never thought this day would ever come. I've finally found something I'd sell my body for. :P

[maveric101 @ Apr 20th 2008 5:14PM]

this thing rivals the TAG Heuer Monaco V4 in awesomeness. but cheap? i think not.

[Jake @ Apr 20th 2008 8:18PM]

Very cool but I kept waiting for Dieter to show up in the video asking me to touch his monkey.

[Gaz @ Apr 19th 2008 6:36AM]

How on earth do you tell the time on that thing!?!?

[Ignatius @ Apr 19th 2008 6:40AM]

If you're rich enough to afford this, you've got a servant behind you with a watch just to tell you the time.

[The Doctor @ Apr 19th 2008 6:44AM]

See the number at the stem of the little pointer? That's the hour and the number it's pointing at is the minute. How much more simple could you get?

[jonyb @ Apr 19th 2008 7:01AM]

see all the numbers at the bottom, ranging from 0-60 thats the minutes, the needle pointy things points at the minutes and the number on the pointer is the hour. its simple.

[feng @ Apr 19th 2008 7:13AM]

Interesting design.

I'm guessing when the '8' finishes its 60 minutes' worth, the turbine blade right after it turns into a '9.'
When the '9' is done, the third blade immediately takes over at 0 minute, showing a '10.'

[DeoWulf @ Apr 19th 2008 8:59AM]

Yeah, so when one blade finishes its 60 minute rotation the next one is just at the beginning. Very cool.

[Gaz @ Apr 19th 2008 11:05AM]

Well in that case I want one!

[LEE SIXTA @ Apr 19th 2008 12:38PM]

....+3.......GOTCHA

[LEE SIXTA @ Apr 19th 2008 12:48PM]

GAZ.....IT SAYS......8:13.........AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT EVEN......TALKES......JUST 4 U....

[Nathaniel @ Apr 19th 2008 1:29PM]

Generally speaking, time displays that are tweaked to that degree are rarely useful, if even good looking. This watch seems to prove the opposite, a design that is not only truly innovative, but easy to read, and an aesthetic that has yet to cross over into the "ungodly abomination" that many designers are trying to pawn off these days.

[Wayne @ Apr 19th 2008 2:18PM]

LEE SIXTA

AND I EVEN UNDERSTAND IT SAYS 8:17!

[hypereric @ Apr 19th 2008 2:51PM]

@Nathaniel: Bingo. Give me a simple slim watch (like an old Patek Philippe) any day... but this one, wowza. I'd wear it.

Hang on, checking my account balance..... uh, can anyone spare $171,965.41?

[LEE SIXTA @ Apr 19th 2008 2:54PM]

WANE----&...GAZ.........LOOKS MORE LIKE.....8:15.176 PM TO ME......ENOUGHT SAID.......about this....thing.....WOOPS.....WATCH......L

[monkfishbandana @ Apr 19th 2008 7:57PM]

@ LEE SIXTA

Are you on crack?

[Gaz @ Apr 20th 2008 5:55AM]

@LEE SIXTA
I may not be able to tell the time on it, I do howerver know where my CAPS LOCK key is :P

[LEE SIXTA @ Apr 20th 2008 2:04PM]

....GAZ........WhaT Cap LoCk KEy?......L

[majortom @ Apr 20th 2008 8:07PM]

easy. the big hand says 8 and the pointer says 170 minutes. See? the rich have really neat watches; and different time intervals. ah .. to be rich...

actually if you go to the links below you will see that this pig is rather large on both the woman's wrist and the man's wrist. to big to be cool..

[404error @ Apr 19th 2008 7:02AM]

I want this watch so bad. I don't even wear watches but this is just cool.

[3rdsun @ Apr 20th 2008 10:37AM]

I don't get it and I won't either

[考生 @ Apr 19th 2008 7:14AM]

It looks like a weapon more than a watch 。it remind me the nuclear warhead，the RAPTOR,but not a watch，i still like it

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 19th 2008 7:37AM]

If Chuck Norris were a watch, it would be this watch.

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 19th 2008 7:43AM]

Holy crap the advert for this thing is AWESOME:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLTBnIszCLE

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 19th 2008 7:46AM]

Sorry for the triple post but I just found this site with lots of good pics of the team behind the watch and close up pics of the watch itself.

http://www.horomundi.com/forum/showthread.php?p=46084

[schmitty338 @ Apr 19th 2008 8:56AM]

Agreed....that advertisement was very well done...

[Rob Conway @ Apr 19th 2008 9:51AM]

i usually think "techie" watches (for a lack of a better term) are gay, but this really pleases the geek in me and the wanna be baller in me too.

[dajimmers @ Apr 19th 2008 2:22PM]

@ Rob: for lack of a better term, eh? Ironic.

[Abuzar @ Apr 19th 2008 8:17AM]

Very interesting. I wonder how much it costs, definitely seems like something worth getting.

[Sheepman @ Apr 19th 2008 8:31AM]

This. Is. AWESOME. YES, IN CAPITALS. Too bad im not a bajillionaire. Giveaway Engadget, please?

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 19th 2008 8:45AM]

I don't even think engadget could afford one of these, and they certainly wouldn't get one free from them to give away!

I doubt even A'list celebrities would get them free even to promote the watch.

[The Cadet @ Apr 19th 2008 9:01AM]

I want this like Paris Hilton wants a "Man"

[Andrew @ Apr 19th 2008 9:20AM]

Urwerk is like the Veyron of watches. This model is $172,000.

[Jesse S @ Apr 19th 2008 10:32AM]

Holy shit. Really? I was thinking that it would "only" be like $30,000.

[Azayzel @ Apr 19th 2008 1:02PM]

I've never even heard of this company and it's crazy how expensive their watches are, but I guess if you have to pay for that kind of advertising you gotta charge a lot for the few watches you'll be selling at that price. Don't get me wrong, it awesome, but not "I could buy a Lamborghini for the same price!" awesome. Their watches look friggin nice, even the back has gauges!

[LEE SIXTA @ Apr 19th 2008 1:23PM]

......is that 172k, wholesale......i only buy.....wholesale........L

[Yevon @ Apr 19th 2008 10:49PM]

I'm going to have to sell a LOT of kidneys. Along with my soul, heart, arms and legs. Thank god for eBay.

[Phoenix @ Apr 19th 2008 9:40AM]

Wow. I want. Now.

[master_sword @ Apr 19th 2008 9:58AM]

at first glance, i was quite confused by this, but realizing how the hour/time changes with the different 'blades' thats really sweet

[Shinigami @ Apr 19th 2008 10:11AM]

In 1 word - Ugly

[Will @ Apr 19th 2008 11:03AM]

You know what, I have to agree, why the hell would you want that thing strapped to your wrist? Unless perhaps you have a really really small . . . amount of taste.

[Abuzar @ Apr 19th 2008 10:54PM]

Do you guys realize why you are ranked so low?

It's because you must really have small... taste.

[Crazyapple @ Apr 19th 2008 10:38AM]

A friend has the 103, which is also pretty nifty. The build quality of these are amazing, but at the cost of a mid range luxury car, you'd expect that.

[UGN @ Apr 20th 2008 12:18PM]

if you think $172k is mid range, then I envy your life style. It's funny to mention that my Sentra also has about the same number of miles :)

[Steffen Jobbs @ Apr 19th 2008 10:43AM]

That watch reads 8:17, right? I think that's a sharp looking watch. I'd never seen anything like it. I couldn't afford one hand or pointer on that thing.

[fankid! @ Apr 19th 2008 11:01AM]

That has to be 60 dollars tops! whats with waterproof?

[Genjinaro @ Apr 19th 2008 11:22AM]

Wow an insanely expensive watch that is actually cool. Figures...

DAMN Them, I want......I yearn.

[Larry Bloom @ Apr 19th 2008 11:23AM]

Retail on the another model goes from $62,000

http://cgi.ebay.com/Urwerk-103-09-18k-White-Gold_W0QQitemZ190213547822QQihZ009QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem