Ulysse Nardin
UR-FREAK
The release says over 150 entirely new components were developed for the wandering-hours satellite display and the bezel mechanism. It presents the UR-Freak as the first collaboration between Ulysse Nardin and URWERK and the first time Ulysse Nardin has collaborated with another watch brand; it is based on the Freak [ONE] and its GPHG-winning UN-240. The Freak of 2001 put silicon parts on the dial side; URWERK, founded in 1997 by Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei, built its identity on the wandering-hour satellite; URWERK lists the UR-FREAK on its own site under Special Projects.
Specification
Case
- Diameter
- 44 mm
- Height
- 12 mm (the release's wording is "perceived height")
- Material
- sandblasted titanium case and bezel, deep anthracite grey
- Bezel
- turning titanium bezel with three fluted sections, sets the time; locked by a tab at 6 marked UR-FREAK
- Crown
- none; winding by the turning caseback, time by the bezel
- Caseback
- titanium, open sapphire; turns to wind
- Crystal
- sapphire
- Water Resistance
- 30 m
Movement
- Calibre
- UN-241
- Type
- manufacture automatic, flying carousel rotating around its own axis, satellite time display; an entirely new integrated calibre co-developed by Ulysse Nardin and URWERK, per the release (Freak architecture and manufacture by Ulysse Nardin, wandering-hours satellite display designed by URWERK)
- Functions
- hours, minutes
- Power Reserve
- 90 hours
- Frequency
- 3 Hz (21,600 vph)
- Components
- 263 parts / 25 jewels
- Winding
- Grinder automatic winding system (blade technology); manual winding by caseback
- Escapement
- DIAMonSil escape wheel and anchor; oversized silicon balance and balance spring
- Notable
- the carousel, carrying the URWERK-designed three-arm wandering-hour satellite and the central silicon oscillator, completes one turn in three hours, on a calibre based on the Freak [ONE]'s UN-240; ruthenium-plated bridges with yellow Super-LumiNova
Details
- Dial
- no conventional dial; domed jumping-hour discs on three arms, active hour read against a 60-minute arc on the right; accents in URWERK's electric yellow (Pantone 395 C)
- Straps
- integrated yellow rubber "ballistic" textured strap and an integrated black rubber strap; sandblasted titanium deployant buckle
Price
- Retail
- €117,600 / CHF 108,100 / £100,340, as of Nov 2025 (launch prices, German release; CHF/EUR/GBP incl. VAT 8.1/21/20%; USD on request)