URWERK Kills-Off UR-105 With Tantalum Hull Limited Edition

Swiss independent URWERK, a favorite of Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr, is killing-off its UR-105 model to make way for a new design.The UR-105 TTH or Tantalum Hull is a final, limited run of 12 pieces with a case made from tantalum, a particularly hard precious metal with a density similar to platinum."Tantalum is a very special metal," URWERK co-founder Martin Frei explains. "It's precious, rare, and extremely painful to machine and finish. We made an UR-110 out of tantalum a few years ago - ...