Urban Jürgensen 1140C Watch Review

Urban Jürgensen 1140C Watch Review

Urban Jürgensen 1140C Watch Review

Urban Jürgensen means understated elegance, sophistication

And hands-craftsmanship. Launched in 2015, their reference 1140C may be the continuation from the brand’s 2014 GPHG (Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève, the Oscars of watchmaking) first prize Champion within the Men’s Category. Remaining in keeping with the pure style of the trademark, this elegant dress watch is really a new undertake that design, housing the patented UJ&S detent escapement (to learn more about Urban Jürgensen and it is history, read our previous article here).

Urban Jürgensen 1140C Watch Review

The Urban Jürgensen reference 1140C is operated by the P8 calibre with pivoted detent escapement. This twin barrel includes a pleasing autonomy of 60 hrs featuring an end-seconds for precise adjustment. Having a diameter of 32mm along with a thickness of 5.20mm, it runs at 21’600 vibrations each hour. Of course with Urban Jürgensen, the finishing is top-notch with Geneva stripes radiating in the large balance wheel. The bridges, screw and jewel sinks are superbly chamfered and also the full balance bridge is open labored.

A grail of chronometry, the detent (or chronometer) escapement is among the most accurate kind of escapements. 

Produced some 250 years back, it had been mostly utilized in marine chronometers along with a couple of pocket watches. The total amount wheel swings undisturbed during the majority of its cycle, except the brief impulse period, that is only given once per cycle (which is the reason the seconds hands is just moving 3 occasions per second for any frequency of 21’600 vibrations each hour). It runs virtually without friction and also the escape wheel teeth don't require oiling.

There are several disadvantages though. For instance, it is quite responsive to shocks, which is why why it wasn't utilized in wristwatches until very lately. Developed with Chronode, the UJ&S patented detent escapement features several enhancements when compared to traditional ‘chronometer’ escapement and it was tested with Chronofiable. It features 3 gemstones for several individual functions: the middle stone around the balance roller lifts the detent aside to produce a tooth from the escape wheel in the locking stone while almost concurrently our desire pallet forces the total amount wheel.

The wonderful dial features transferred Roman numerals. 

This real thing of beauty requires painstaking hands work utilizing a guilloche lathe to produce its exquisite “grains d’orge” pattern enhanced with a fine layer of silver on its surface. The blued steel hands are gemstone finished and developed in the characteristic Urban Jürgensen style, together with a click-mounted gemstone polished eye in rose gold. At 12 o’clock, the ability reserve indication runs over 60 hrs.

At 40mm, the UJ&S reference 1140 wears perfectly well using its distinctive walked bezel and tear-drop lugs. The situation is well proportioned and it is a 3-piece construction having a slightly domed azure very. It's worn on the black alligator strap with pin buckle, which as always with UJ&S shows very enjoyable quality and level of smoothness.