The EMC SR-71 is a manually-wound mechanical watch that places a premium on accuracy. The display includes a standard hours/minutes dial, a seconds dial, and a power reserve indicator.

On the SR-71, Frei decided to fashion the arm from the Blackbird’s salvaged titanium, which is a light gray color, in slight contrast to the black titanium of the watch’s asymmetric casing.

Parts of this Blackbird-themed watch are made from a real SR-71. Both the winding crank and bezel surrounding the time-telling dials on Urwerk’s EMC SR-71 are made of a titanium alloy sourced ...

Now open for inquiry through URWERK’s website, the EMC SR-71 boasts a price point of 150,000 CHF (approx. $175,416 USD). Read Full Article Related Stories ...