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As Italo Fontana in 2000, the old watches designs of his grandfather, the engineer Ivo Fontana discovered, he knew immediately that he no longer could these can rot in the old box, but it should make accessible to the public.

His grandfather had been commissioned in 1942 to design a watch for the Italian naval and air officers.

It was by no means the design of a mere wristwatch.

You should defy the problems that made it difficult at sea and in the air reading a timepiece.

Main focus was on the easy readability in all light and weather conditions and maximum robustness.

In the end, however, was never implemented the project and the designs came for more than 60 years in oblivion.

sparkling with enthusiasm put Italo Fontana’s plans immediately into action and created the “U-Boat” brand that sat down “a new dimension of time” as a model.

Great, but still fine Italo keen sense of the value of his discovery and the subsequent reaction urge are not surprising, considering that his family was active in the textile industry.

Born in Lucca in Tuscany Italo enthusiastic very early design and the ocean.

With this background, the creation of the brand seems like a logical conclusion.

Fits to U-Boat is despite its short history of the company as a pioneer in fancy designs and innovative ideas.

The meteoric rise in the luxury league of watchmaker confirmed Italo in his work.

Initially, all models walked with Myota Quartz works, but after initial successes decided Italo inside the external envelope noble adapt and equipped the watches with mechanical movements from the Swiss manufacturer ETA SA.

Today includes seven collections to the product range of the brand, all handmade in Italy.

According to the original conception all models meet the highest technical standards this and are also particularly through its imposing proportions.

It is these extreme resilience and the unusual design it delimits in the luxury watch industry from other timepieces.

With a diameter of up to 55mm models have a considerable size.

But even this obstacle has been overcome with a technical innovation U-Boat.

With an attached on the left side crown so highest wearing comfort can be guaranteed.

The glory seven Precious The collection includes some of the most exclusive and most luxurious models of the brand.

They are set with precious diamonds that were inserted individually by hand.

Due to the different sizes of stones, some are inserted incorrectly, creates a unique look.

Flight deck The chronograph seem to spring directly to the past.

They are a reminder of the retro altimeter aviation from the 1920s.

For this creation Italo was inspired when he visited an aircraft carrier and noted the similarity between the control panels on the flight deck of the ship and the instruments of fighter jets.

Inspired by such precision tools, he created the Flight Deck collection.

Tipo However, the models in this collection have indeed the same expressive personality like all U-Boat timepieces, differed in every aspect of the appearance of the other models.

In them a new patented crown locking system is installed, that the crown saved from water pressure and unwanted activation.

Capsule fascinated by the depth gauges of 1930, Italo Fontana created this collection in the style of measuring instruments and retained the characteristic features of the rounded shape up to the porthole windows.

In the watches a patented system is fitted, that the glass is clamped to the frame and is provided with external fixed levers which are guaranteed pressure resistant.

With this system, the glass can be removed without major components of the watch to have to reduce.

U-42 Unicum is the first ever conducted by a watch designer attempt to combine a new model with historical design.

Each of the mechanical components is completed customized and highly individual.

All watches of this collection are rounded with a different handwork technique.

Dial, bezel frame and have been carefully treated with acid, so that each watch this series is absolutely unique.

Classico All of these watches models represent Italo idea of ​​pure, timeless design, which has until the end of days inventory and separates from the fast pace of fashion.

They have the classic features of the U-Boat watches as a left-placed crown and the U-Boat crown protection.

With its large, militärinspirierten design and the large numbers they embody to perfection the characteristics of the brand.

Chimera The models in this collection have a strong personality and embody Italus passion for “Vintage Culture”.

The incomparable purity of design gives the Chimera a deep clear appearance and a male character.

The bezel and the rear frame are connected to an external tube and a customized key guarantee the water tightness.

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As Italo Fontana in 2000, the old watches designs of his grandfather, the engineer Ivo Fontana discovered, he knew immediately that he no longer could these can rot in the old box, but it should make accessible to the public.

His grandfather had been commissioned in 1942 to design a watch for the Italian naval and air officers.

It was by no means the design of a mere wristwatch.

You should defy the problems that made it difficult at sea and in the air reading a timepiece.

Main focus was on the easy readability in all light and weather conditions and maximum robustness.

In the end, however, was never implemented the project and the designs came for more than 60 years in oblivion.

sparkling with enthusiasm put Italo Fontana’s plans immediately into action and created the “U-Boat” brand that sat down “a new dimension of time” as a model.

Great, but still fine Italo keen sense of the value of his discovery and the subsequent reaction urge are not surprising, considering that his family was active in the textile industry.

Born in Lucca in Tuscany Italo enthusiastic very early design and the ocean.

With this background, the creation of the brand seems like a logical conclusion.

Fits to U-Boat is despite its short history of the company as a pioneer in fancy designs and innovative ideas.

The meteoric rise in the luxury league of watchmaker confirmed Italo in his work.

Initially, all models walked with Myota Quartz works, but after initial successes decided Italo inside the external envelope noble adapt and equipped the watches with mechanical movements from the Swiss manufacturer ETA SA.

Today includes seven collections to the product range of the brand, all handmade in Italy.

According to the original conception all models meet the highest technical standards this and are also particularly through its imposing proportions.

It is these extreme resilience and the unusual design it delimits in the luxury watch industry from other timepieces.

With a diameter of up to 55mm models have a considerable size.

But even this obstacle has been overcome with a technical innovation U-Boat.

With an attached on the left side crown so highest wearing comfort can be guaranteed.

The glory seven Precious The collection includes some of the most exclusive and most luxurious models of the brand.

They are set with precious diamonds that were inserted individually by hand.

Due to the different sizes of stones, some are inserted incorrectly, creates a unique look.

Flight deck The chronograph seem to spring directly to the past.

They are a reminder of the retro altimeter aviation from the 1920s.

For this creation Italo was inspired when he visited an aircraft carrier and noted the similarity between the control panels on the flight deck of the ship and the instruments of fighter jets.

Inspired by such precision tools, he created the Flight Deck collection.

Tipo However, the models in this collection have indeed the same expressive personality like all U-Boat timepieces, differed in every aspect of the appearance of the other models.

In them a new patented crown locking system is installed, that the crown saved from water pressure and unwanted activation.

Capsule fascinated by the depth gauges of 1930, Italo Fontana created this collection in the style of measuring instruments and retained the characteristic features of the rounded shape up to the porthole windows.

In the watches a patented system is fitted, that the glass is clamped to the frame and is provided with external fixed levers which are guaranteed pressure resistant.

With this system, the glass can be removed without major components of the watch to have to reduce.

U-42 Unicum is the first ever conducted by a watch designer attempt to combine a new model with historical design.

Each of the mechanical components is completed customized and highly individual.

All watches of this collection are rounded with a different handwork technique.

Dial, bezel frame and have been carefully treated with acid, so that each watch this series is absolutely unique.

Classico All of these watches models represent Italo idea of ​​pure, timeless design, which has until the end of days inventory and separates from the fast pace of fashion.

They have the classic features of the U-Boat watches as a left-placed crown and the U-Boat crown protection.

With its large, militärinspirierten design and the large numbers they embody to perfection the characteristics of the brand.

Chimera The models in this collection have a strong personality and embody Italus passion for “Vintage Culture”.

The incomparable purity of design gives the Chimera a deep clear appearance and a male character.

The bezel and the rear frame are connected to an external tube and a customized key guarantee the water tightness.

Discover our selected watches:

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