EMC SR-71 Rebirth of a Legend

• Limited Edition: ten pieces
• Case: Titanium and steel
• Size: 47.55 x 49.57 x 17.58 mm
• Movement: hand-wound manufacture caliber UR-EMC
• Power Reserve: approximately 80 hours
• Water Resistance: 30m
• Dial: black
• Caseback: sapphire crystal
• Strap/Bracelet: NATO strap (nylon, leather) inspired by aeronautical safety straps. Velcro fastening.

It was a double winner at the 2014 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in the “Mechanical Exception” and “Innovation” categories and crowned “Watch of the Year” by Revolution Asia and “Best of the Best” by Robb Report USA. Praised by the press and endorsed by Philippe Dufour. 

To celebrate the EMC’s 10^th anniversary, URWERK’s  Electronic Mechanical Control has been reinvented, clad in the fuselage of the legendary SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, as a charging crank for the EMC’s dynamo!   The EMC’s  traditional functions – hours, minutes, seconds and power reserve – were complemented by the δ performance indicator.  This innovation made the EMC  the first mechanism to enable its wearer to measure their watch’s performance in real time. 

The EMC SR-71 thus takes on the appearance of an instrument panel with four separate dials.  The emphasis is on the seconds indicator (dial at 2 o’clock), the tip of which is designed like a stealth aircraft.  To its left – at 10 o’clock – the EMC’s performance is displayed in seconds per day, while its power reserve appears below at 7 o’clock.  At 5 o’clock, the classic hours and minutes are indicated by a set of hands. On the back of the EMC, its in-house movement is visible beneath a sapphire crystal.

 “The SR-71 is a legendary aircraft, a competition beast designed to achieve the best performance. This is also the spirit in which we designed our EMC”, says URWERK’s master watchmaker and co-founder Felix Baumgartner. “These are two cutting-edge machines which, in order to perform at their best, need only to be steered by skilled hands.”

Available as a ten-piece limited series – 10^th anniversary