EMC Black

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In URWERK’s U-Research Division – the brand’s ‘experimental laboratory’ – some wild projects emerge. This innovative, anti-establishment spirit has now been channelled into a watchmaking Holy Grail: fully interactive, EMC (Electro Mechanical Control) is the world’s first precision mechanical watch in which the timing can be both monitored and adjusted by the user to suit their lifestyle.

“EMC allows you to obtain reliable and accurate data about your timepiece at the touch of a button, information that until now has been the preserve of professional watchmakers. Using this information, you can fine-tune one of the most exciting, most jubilant mechanisms invented – the mechanical watch – all by yourself.” 

FELIX BAUMGARTNER

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FIRST HIGH-END MECHANICAL WATCH WITH "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"

Electro Mechanical Control (EMC) is the world’s first fully-integrated mechanical watch with built in ‘artificial intelligence’. Changes in position and temperature, as well as shocks, can all adversely affect the isochronism (timing regularity) of a wristwatch. But thanks to EMC’s unique and pioneering monitoring unit, not only can the wearer obtain the precise timing rate on demand, they can then use that information to accurately adjust the precision of their watch to suit their own personal rhythm.

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TECHNICAL DETAILS

Case

Case material

Titanium and steel

Dimensions

43mm width x 51mm length x 15.8mm height

Glasses

Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating

Water resistance

Pressure tested to 3 ATM

Finishing

Satin finish; shot-blasting 

Movement

Calibre

UR-EMC calibre conceived, developed and manufactured by URWERK

Escapement

Swiss lever escapement

Balance wheel

ARCAP P40, linear balance coupled to the optical sensor

Frequency

28,800 vph - 4Hz

Balance spring

Flat

Power source

Vertically mounted double mainspring barrels, connected in series

Power reserve

80 hours

Winding

Manual winding

Surface finishes

Côtes de Genève, snailing, micro-bead blasting, polished bevels on screw heads

Artificial intelligence

Generator

Maxon® generator with manual winding charging super capacitor

EMC system

Optical sensor controlled by an integrated circuit board; 16'000'000hz reference oscillator

Indications

Hours, minutes, seconds; precision delta, power reserve.
Super-LumiNova® treatment on markers

Controls
Two-position crown
Winding handle to generate electricity to power the δ precision indicator
Button to activate the δ precision indicator

On the back: Crown release button and Fine-tuning screw to adjust the rateficial intelligen

Generator

Maxon® generator with manual winding charging super capacitor

EMC system

Optical sensor controlled by an integrated circuit board; 16'000'000hz reference oscillator

Indications

Hours, minutes, seconds; precision delta, power reserve.
Super-LumiNova® treatment on markers

Controls
Two-position crown
Winding handle to generate electricity to power the δ precision indicator
Button to activate the δ precision indicator
On the back: Crown release button and Fine-tuning screw to adjust the rate