U-BOAT – CHIMERA Bronze 60 mm Edition

U-BOAT – CHIMERA Bronze 60 mm Chronograph Limited Edition 2021

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 BECAUSE SIZE MATTERS
“A NEW DIMENSION IN TIME” IN THE NEW U-BOAT CHIMERA 60 WATCH LIMITED EDITION TO 10 PIECES

Almost 12 years passed since Italo Fontana became famous all over the world especially within the watchmaking industry as the designer behind the largest wristwatch ever made. Today he retains his title with a new 60mm Chimera model.

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It was Baselworld 2009 edition when U-BOAT without any sort of formality and rule unveiled its U-1942 model, 29 pieces limited edition with a 65mm grade 5 titanium case reproducing the distinctive characteristics of Italo's grandfather's draft from the 40s.

Throughout the years the considerable dimension of the watches despite few pieces occasionally in smaller sizes became the brand's DNA allowing the Maison to boast itself with the earned "A New Dimension in Time" payoff.

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Today Italo Fontana applies the extra-large measure to one of his most iconic designs the Chimera watch with a 60mm bronze case edition.

With chronograph functions the watch features a patented crown cap placed on the left side of the case. Bezel and caseback are held together by external tie rods specific screws with a custom head type.

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A domed sapphire glass treated with anti-reflective coating overlays the wide dual-layer dial the matte brown upper layer displays laser cut hands numbers and indicators in bronze colour while granting a view on the lower one also in bronze colour metal.

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The latter, also in bronze colour, comes in with a flat sapphire glass allowing a glimpse on the automatic movement which can also be seen through the loopholes still in sapphire glass on the case's sides.

With a water resistance of 100mt (10 ATM) the watch is firmly held around the wrist by a handmade brown cordovan strap aged through natural process and trimmed with waxed cotton seams.

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Coming in 10 pieces limited edition, available on-line in the official U-Store or alternatively in the Rome and Florence boutiques, Chimera 60 celebrates Italo Fontana's passion for large-sized watches along with the most pure and recognisable identity from U-BOAT's design.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: CHIMERA 

Model:  CHIMERA 50 Bronze Edition

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 Reference: Model: Ref. 8082

MOVEMENT

swiss automatic mechanical, chronograph, modified and personalized at U-BOAT specifications.

Personalized rotor. 

Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz. 

Power reserve: 48 hours. 

25 jewels.

FUNCTIONS:  

Hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph, date.

CASE

60 mm diameter case in naturally aged bronze. 

The bezel and the back of the case are locked together by external tubing and a customised

key that ensures absolute water resistance. 

Distinguishing crown on left side, with a patented protective device.

A sapphire crystal side window offers the display of the balance.

BACK: Sealed by 5 external tubing, flat sapphire crystal opening with movement view. 

WATER RESISTANCE:  100 mt, 10 ATM.

DIAL

two superimposed dials, higher part in painted metal, matt brown color and laser cut on the counters,

indexes and numbers; the lower one in bronze-colored metal. Indexes and numbers treated with superluminova.

HANDS

laser cut hour and minute hands made of bronze-colored light metal, painted and brushed on the surface.

Hands of the chronograph counter and of the seconds counter, in hand-brushed bronze-colored metal.

CRYSTAL

Very thick domed sapphire on the front, with anti reflective treatment, and flat crystal on the back of the timepiece.

STRAP

Handmade and hand finished cordovan leather strap, carefully selected and processed following

the U-BOAT specifications with waxed cotton finishing.

Tongue buckle in bronze. Width: 26/26 mm.

Strap: ref. 4136/Z  Buckle: ref. 8837

 Limited Edition 10 pieces

Price    € 9.900

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U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO Bronze Ceramic Bezel

U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO Bronze 46mm Ceramic Bezel Automatic - 2021

Italo Fontana enriches the U-BOAT Classico line with the new "Sommerso Bronze Ceramic Bezel" models, watches designed for come towards the needs of those who dive even at a professional level. The new bronze version of U-BOAT’s professional dive watch, Sommerso, reflects the brand founder’s passion for diving as well as his enduring fervor for the ancient metal alloy.

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The Sommerso pro-diver watch, born from Italo Fontana's passion for scuba diving, in its most acclaimed version in bronze that recalls ancient marine exploration equipment, is now launched in a new model with a ceramic bezel.

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Italo Fontana’s passion for diving gathered in this watch, designed to withstand the rigorous demands of professional diving in the first place, done the rest providing Sommerso with all the benefits coming from this metal inherently tied to maritime settings.

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This material, widely used in the aerospace industry, boasts a very high heat resistance and keeps the bezel color intense, and unaltered over time, even after long exposure to ultraviolet rays.

The watch features on the left side the iconic U-BOAT crown with its patented protection device as well as a plaque engraved with the serial number while the antiqued bronze back-case has been subjected to a special anti-corrosion treatment and it is screwed down.

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A sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment protects the black dial of the watch with luminous beige hands and markers plus an additional 24-hour counter and date window placed at 9 o'clock. The watch boasts a Swiss automatic mechanical movement, customized to U-BOAT specifications with date, hours, minutes, seconds and it is water resistant to a depth of 300 meters.

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The Sommerso Bronze Ceramic Bezel, watch with iconic lines for professional diving and for any other occasion, will fascinate the wearer for the vintage look given by the gradual change of bronze as opposed to the solidity and immutability of ceramic over time.

Let yourself be fascinated by their harmonious contrast!

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: Classico

Model:  Classico SOMMERSO Bronze Ceramic Bezel 

 
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 Reference: - Code: 8486C

MOVEMENT
Swiss automatic mechanical, personalized to U-BOAT specifications.
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz.
Power reserve: 44 hours. 26 jewels.
Skeleton rotor.
FUNCTIONS
Date, hours, minutes, seconds, 24h indicator.

Graduated unidirectional bezel with ceramic inserts and lasered graduations and numerals, screw down crown.
CASE
Bronze, naturally aged, distinguishing crown on the left side, with a patented protective device. 

Serial number plate fixed on the left side of the case
Diameter: 46 mm
Bezel: Graduated unidirectional bezel with ceramic.

Crystal: sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating.
Case back: screwed, in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment. 
BACK: sealed with seven screws, in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment.
DIAL 

Three superimposed dials, the upper one in black with visible ruby.
Luminous beige hands, numbers and markers, treated with superluminova
Red 24h indicator hand 
CRYSTAL:
High quality sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment,
lent on the date window.
WATER RESISTANCE: 300 mt, 30 ATM
STRAP
Handmade and hand finished calf leather, dark brown.
Tongue buckle in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment
Width: 22/20 mm.
Strap: ref. 8554/Z Buckle: ref. 8590


 Price    € 2.250

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U-BOAT – 1938 Doppiotempo Edition

U-BOAT – DUAL TIME 1938 Doppiotempo 43mm Automatic Special Edition - 2020

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NO MATTER WHEN, NO MATTER WHERE,
LIVE YOUR ADVENTURE, LIVE YOUR TIME
DISCOVER THE NEW U-BOAT 1938 DOPPIOTEMPO

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It’s time to live your time, to enjoy every minute, decide how and where to spend it. Life is an adventure, taste every moment of it and collect all the emotions. U-BOAT unveils the new 1938 Doppiotempo range.

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Presented first time last year, based on a model originally created for the Italian army's parachute-assault regiment, the Col Moschin, the watch comes out now in other two models enlarging the range started with a special edition of 200 pieces.

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43mm satin-finished steel case fitted with two crowns, one for setting time and date, the other for adjusting the "doppiotempo" or dual-time function, thanks to the internal rotating bezel able to set the second time zone, can count on two different dial colours, one in black and one in green.

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 Featuring an ultra-domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment, it also boasts a Swiss-made, self-winding movement with 44-hour reserve and a skeletonized rotor visible through a bronzed sapphire glass on the back, with a back case sealed with 8 external screws.

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Vintage-style watch, 1938 Doppiotempo features numbers, hands and markers beige treated with superluminova, a 24-hour indicator and hand of the second time zone, in red color. The two versions feature a laser engraved green calf leather strap with steel tongue buckle.

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Highly versatile, 1938 Doppiotempo is ready to be worn in everywhere and every time. Live your adventure!

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: DUAL TIME

Model: 1938 DOPPIOTEMPO Special Edition
Reference:

Model: Ref. 8400/A

Model: Ref. 8500

MOVEMENT
Swiss automatic mechanical, personalized to U-BOAT specifications.
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz.
Power reserve: 44 hours. 26 jewels.
Skeleton rotor.
FUNCTIONS
Date, hours, minutes, seconds,date,
24h indicator, bidirectional inner bezel, with hours and 30-minute intervals that synchronize with the
additional hand so as to display the two different time zones.
CASE
Stainless steel AISI 316L, satin hand finish,
double crown on the left side, one for the time and date adjustment,
the other for the second time setting.
Diameter: 43 mm
Crystal: sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Case back: screwed, in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment. 
BACK: sealed with 8 external screws, with bronzed sapphire glass showing the movement.
DIAL

• Green, two superimposed dials, with rotating inner bezel.
• Black, two superimposed dials, with rotating inner bezel.

Numbers, hands and markers beige treated with superluminova.
24-hour indicator and hand of the second time zone, in red color.
CRYSTAL:
Ultra curved bronzed sapphire, high quality, with anti-reflective treatment.
WATER RESISTANCE: 100 mt, 10 ATM
STRAP
Green calf leather, with steel tongue buckle.
Width: 22/20 mm.
Strap: ref. 8478/Z Buckle: ref. 5466/SCREW


Limited Edition 200 pieces

Price    € 1.938

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U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO Bronze

U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO Bronze 46mm Automatic


Italo Fontana enriches the U-BOAT Classico line with the new "Sommerso Bronze" models, watches designed for come towards the needs of those who dive even at a professional level. The new bronze version of U-BOAT’s professional dive watch, Sommerso, reflects the brand founder’s passion for diving as well as his enduring fervor for the ancient metal alloy.

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Bronze is the first metal alloy that humankind learned to manipulate. Its history dates back to ancient times. It had been widely used in the maritime construction before the introduction of modern alloys.

Italo Fontana’s passion for diving gathered in this watch, designed to withstand the rigorous demands of professional diving in the first place, done the rest providing Sommerso with all the benefits coming from this metal inherently tied to maritime settings.

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Highly resistant to seawater and to corrosion, harder than stainless steel and iron combined, often used in the arms industries, creating a patina, unique to each timepiece, evolving in different colors; these are just few of the characteristics intriguing Italo since ever.

This new creation is a nod to antique diving equipment worn by the earliest nautical divers. The natural oxidation of the material of the 46mm case creates a naturally aged look, often a unique one, extremely desirable by its wearer. Necessary for every pro-dive watch, it features a rotating unidirectional bezel with calibrated markers every five minutes interspersed with numbers every ten minutes from 10 to 50.

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On its left side is the characteristic U-BOAT crown with a patented protective device. A Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating protects the watch dial which is composed of three superimposed layers with the upper one in black with luminous beige hands and markers plus an additional counter for the 24 hours of the day and the date placed on the opposite side.

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Each Sommerso dive watch houses a Swiss automatic mechanical movement, personalized to U-BOAT specifications featuring date, hours, minutes, seconds plus the 24 hours indicator.

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Water resistant to 300 meters, the watch is paired with a dark brown handmade and hand finished calf leather strap with a bronze buckle subdued to a special anti-corrosion treatment.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: Classico

Model:  Classico SOMMERSO Bronze 

Reference: - Code: 8486

MOVEMENT
Swiss automatic mechanical, personalized to U-BOAT specifications.
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz.
Power reserve: 44 hours. 26 jewels.
Skeleton rotor.
FUNCTIONS
Date, hours, minutes, seconds,
24h indicator, graduated uni-directional bezel, screw down crown
CASE
Bronze, naturally aged, distinguishing crown on the left side, with a patented protective device
Serial number plate fixed on the left side of the case
Diameter: 46 mm
Crystal: sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Case back: screwed, in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment. 
BACK: sealed with seven external screws.
DIAL
Three superimposed dials, the upper one in black with visible ruby
Luminous beige hands, numbers and markers, treated with superluminova
Red 24h indicator hand 
CRYSTAL:
High quality sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment,
lent on the date window.
WATER RESISTANCE: 300 mt, 30 ATM
STRAP
Handmade and hand finished calf leather, dark brown
Tongue buckle in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment
Width: 22/20 mm.
Strap: ref. 8554/Z Buckle: ref. 8590


 Price    € 2.250

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U-BOAT – 1938 DOPPIOTEMPO Edition

U-BOAT – DUAL TIME 1938 DOPPIOTEMPO Special Edition - 2019

 A SPECIAL EDITION 

THAT INSPIRES ARMED FORCES AND SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS

Italo Fontana, creative mind of U-BOAT, has always produced watches in limited or special editions commissioned also by Italian and international special forces, as recently those designed for the GIS (Special Intervention Group) of  Carabinieri.

Continuing on this tradition, the new exclusive 1938 Doppiotempo  derives directly from the model created for the historic 9th parachutist assault regiment "Col Moschin".

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1938 Doppiotempo  finds its uniqueness thanks to the link with the commemorative watch "Centouno", strongly requested and launched on the occasion of the 101 years of their anniversary.

This is confirmed by this special unit, which has returned to choosing U-BOAT for its unconventional technical and design features that make it perfect for the most extreme missions and on liberty.

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In a special edition of only 200 pieces, the watch boasts a 43 mm satin-finished steel case, with a retro look, with two extractable crowns on the left, one for the remittance of time and date, the other for adjusting the dual time and an ultra-domed bronzed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment.

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Swiss movement - with U-BOAT specifications - self-winding, with a 38-hour reserve. The dial is black, with a bidirectional inner bezel, with hours and 30-minute intervals that synchronises with the additional hand so as to display the two different time zones. The strap is in green leather with steel buckle. The water resistance is 100 mt.

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1938 Doppiotempo, a watch that celebrates today the values that have made famous ventures, combining style and versatility, elegance and adventure as well as the practicality of the dual time zone.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection:  DUAL TIME

Model: 1938 DOPPIOTEMPO Edition

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Model: Ref. 8400

Movement
Swiss automatic mechanical, personalized to U-BOAT specifications.
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz.
Power reserve: 38 hours. 25 jewels.
Skeleton balance wheel.
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date, 24h indicator, bidirectional inner bezel, with hours and 30-minute intervals that synchronize with the additional hand so as to display the two different time zones.
Case
Stainless steel AISI 316L
Satin hand finish, double crown on the left side,
one for the time and date adjustment, the other for the second time setting
Diameter 43 mm
Crystal: Ultra curved bronzed sapphire, high quality, with anti-reflective treatment
Back: sealed with 8 external screws, in bronzed sapphire glass showing the movement.
Water resistance: 100 meters, 10 ATM
Dial
Black, two superimposed dials, with rotating inner bezel
Numbers, hands and markers beige treated with superluminova
Strap
Green calf leather, with steel tongue buckle
Width: 22/20 mm


Limited Edition 200 pieces

 Price    € 1.938

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U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO 46

U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO Steel 46mm Automatic Professional Diver's Watches


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Life leads us to face many challenges ... 

dive into the oceans to discover new "worlds".

Italo Fontana enriches the U-BOAT Classico line with the new "Sommerso" models, watches designed for come towards the needs of those who dive even at a professional level, but who do not miss the combination with more elegant and refined outfits.

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Three models with 46 mm cases in steel completely hand finished. The Classico Sommerso (ref.9007/A), introduced first time in 2017, is renewed in version 2.0, by enriching its dial with new details.

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This model comes out along with two other versions, one, Sommerso Blue (ref.9014) with a dial with blue superluminova indexes, another, Sommerso DLC (ref.9015), with a ultra-resistant black case treated with DLC, with a black dial and beige indexes also in superluminova.

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DLC (Diamond like Carbon) is an innovative coating, based on carbon, that guarantees a high hardness and resistance to scratches given by the simultaneous presence of diamond and graphite in addition to a full and compact black color. Three different models of Sommerso, including cases and dials, for different tastes and combinations of looks.

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All the versions are characterized by a special 24h counter, anti-glare sapphire crystal, integrated and calibrated lens for a better reading of the date.

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The unidirectional bezel, the most distinctive element of a diver watch, allows you to keep under control the dive time, with the help of the sphere of minutes, highlighted in its final part with superluminova of different colors.

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The gummed fabric straps of the three models are derived from boating industry and feature a calf lining with Kodiak waterproofing.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: SOMMERSO

Model:
⦁    SOMMERSO BLUE - Code: 9014
⦁    SOMMERSO/A - Code: 9007/A
⦁    SOMMERSO DLC - Code: 9015

DESCRIPTION
Case 46mm, Stainless Steel.
Designed for professional dives, the Sommerso DLC features a steel case with a special and Ultra-resistant DLC coating (Diamond like Carbon).
Pro-dive watch, water resistant to 300 meters. Stainless steel case with a rotating bezel and black dial with luminous blue hands and markers in superluminova.

MOVEMENT
Swiss automatic mechanical, personalized to U-BOAT specifications.
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz.
Power reserve: 38 hours. 25 jewels.
Skeleton balance wheel.
FUNCTIONS:
Hours, minutes, seconds, date,
24h indicator, graduated unidirectional bezel, screw down crown.
CASE:

• Stainless steel AISI 316L, satin hand finish, distinguishing crown on the left side, with a patented protective device.
• Ultra-resistant DLC coating (Diamond like Carbon).

Serial number plate fixed on the left side of the case.
Diameter 46 mm.
BACK: sealed with seven external screws.
DIAL:
Three superimposed dials, the upper one in black with luminous:
⦁    blue hands, numbers and markers. (Ref. : 9014)
⦁    beige hands, numbers and markers. (Ref. : 9007/A) & (Ref. : 9015)
Blue 24h indicator hand.
Steel brushed frame around the numbers.
CRYSTAL:
High quality sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment,
lent on the date window.
WATER RESISTANCE: 300 mt, 30 ATM
STRAP:
Black rubber strap, lining in water resistant calf leather.
Stainless steel tongue buckle. Width: 22/22 mm.


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