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Back with another cool watch concept. And what a concept! This watch right here is using some impressive miniaturized technologies and I bet you’ve never imagined someone could actually squeeze all that inside of a normal sized wrist-watch.

Pretty spiffy, eh? That’s URWERK’s UR-202 - world’s first watch with the winding rate regulated by fluid dynamics. With this surprisingly efficient watch, URWKERK have taken the traditional idea of using air friction and refined it to control the rate of automatic winding. The old and simple rotating vanes have been replaced by cutting-edge miniature twin turbines which can be seen spinning on the back of the watch.

Let’s see how this turbine stuff actually works. The twin turbines are coupled with the winding rotor. According to the position of the selector lever, the turbines act as shock absorbers. In normal activity they cushion sharp movements of the rotor. This reduces wear and increases the lifespan of the movement, giving the watch overall extended precision. The turbine system is totally self-contained within the waterproof case. The air flows from under the turbines and is channeled up past them under a sapphire plate and down through holes leading to a tiny air chamber.

Another interesting feature of the UR-202 watch is URWERK’s patented Revolving Satellite Complication with telescopic minute hands. The Revolving Satellite Complication displays time in a unique and clever way. Forget about old-fashioned hands and stuff like that. Telling time has never been easier using telescopic minute hands operating through the middle of three orbiting and revolving hour satellites. The telescopic minute hands precisely adjust their length to follow the three sectors marking the minutes: 0-14, 15-44, 45-60.

What, no price for this timepiece? Guess they hid it because it’s too high. I leave you with a nifty 3d graphics commercial for this watch: