Urwerk showed the UR-150 Golden Scorpion at Geneva Watch Days 2026. It is the third version of a watch the brand launched last year, after the original Scorpion in titanium and a darkened execution, then the Blue Scorpion. The change this time is the material. The case is 2N yellow gold, and it is the most precious the UR-150 has been.
The display stays the same
What makes the UR-150 a UR-150 is untouched. The time is read through Urwerk's satellite system: three hour satellites mounted on a central flying carousel, with the active hour carried under a retrograde minute hand that sweeps across a 240-degree arc. At the top of each hour the hand jumps back to its starting point in one hundredth of a second while the satellites rotate to bring the next hour into place. A dedicated speed regulator controls the forces in that rapid return, an approach Urwerk borrows from the mechanisms usually found in minute repeaters.
The satellites themselves are aluminium, riding on a brass flying carousel finished in 3N gold PVD, and the aluminium retrograde hand is sandblasted and satin-finished. The hour and minute markers, the carousel, and the counterweight hand all carry Super-LumiNova, so the display reads in the dark as well as the day.
Gold on a shape that suits it
The UR-150 case is curved and worn to sit close to the wrist, and here it measures 42.5mm wide, 51mm long, and 14.8mm thick. The upper surface and flanks are cut with fine concentric ridges, then sandblasted, microbead-blasted, and satin-finished rather than polished, which keeps the gold from looking loud. A domed sapphire crystal covers the display, the crown is also 2N yellow gold, and the caseback is grade 5 titanium finished in black PVD. The screw-down crown gives 50m of water resistance, enough for a watch built to be worn rather than swum in. Against the earlier titanium and blue Scorpions, the gold version is the heavy end of the line rather than a new direction.
The engine
The Golden Scorpion runs the automatic UR-50.01, a Vaucher base movement with Urwerk's own display module built on top. Winding is governed by a double-turbine system, the twin regulators visible through the caseback, which slow the automatic rotor to reduce wear when the watch is worn actively. The calibre uses 38 jewels, beats at 28,800 vibrations an hour, and holds a 43-hour reserve. The wheels are produced with LIGA technology, the brass rotor is sandblasted and circular-grained, and the titanium screw heads are flat-polished.
It is worn on an adjustable hybrid rubber strap with a folding clasp. Limited to 25 pieces, it is priced at CHF 105,000 before tax.
None of the mechanics are new, and Urwerk is not pretending otherwise. The Golden Scorpion is the UR-150 idea in a heavier, warmer metal, aimed at the collector who already knows the wandering-hour display and wants it in gold. At 25 pieces, that is a small enough audience for the brand to know exactly who it is talking to.
Sources: Monochrome Watches and Urwerk.
