U-BOAT

The U-boat left hook watch was designed in the 1940’s in the “officine fontana” laboratory of high precision instruments and components.  Ilvo Fontana designed a professional wrist watch specific for pilots.

Great sturdiness.  Immediate reading under all light conditions and high precision.The crown positioned to the left allowed practical advantages such as easier movement of the wrist and security.

The project was not completed for commercialization. Due to the instability in Europe at that time…but a first batch of watches was produced.  In 1999, Italo Fontana decided to resurrect his grandfather’s project, from which he took his inspiration and developed a modern day time piece, combining a unique identity with a near dimension in time.

U-boat watches have been refreshed and redesigned for almost ten years.  Our watches are equipped with high-caliber ETA movements like the valjoux and the valgranges.

Official watch at the 2007 grammy awards.  We were able to build relationships with the likes of Gnarles Barkley and John Legend and we plan to do it again next year.