U-boat watches are quite famous in term of design for most people around the world. It is made by an Italian named Italo Fontana, who is also the person in charge for the manufacturing process. In fact, U-Boat watches are not originally made by Italo’s idea. It is actually coming from his uncle, Ilfo Fontana, as his mission in 1942. Back in 1942, Ilfo “the Watchmaker” Fontana was asked by Italian Navy to make a certain watch for them. After several decades passed, the original blueprint, drawing, and prototypes that had been laying dormant were found by Ilfo’s grandson, Italo Fontana and eventually became the first step of the U-boat watches company.
From the physical appearance of its products, U-Boat watches keep its original founder’s design which is characterized as sharp, large, having perfect legibility in all light and weather condition. With stainless steel 45-55 millimeters in diameter as its case, it makes the appearance of U-Boat watches looks so fancy and elegant. For addition, it also has a safety cover on its left side to protect its left crown. There are three setting adjustment on the left side of the U-Boat Watches products; the biggest one is functioned as the watch’s time setter, and the small ones next to each side of the biggest are for adjusting its features such as calendar and chronograph. From the look of the U-boat watches, the watches can be recognized by the large size of the watch.
Although it has some similar features like the other brands, U-Boat Watches has unique things that the other brands don’t. Here lies some of uniqueness of U-Boat watches that make it worth it watch to have. The very first is about the body case; all of U-Boat watches’ body cases are covered by stainless steel that prevents the watch from rust and peeling. Second is about the wristband; there are two types of U-boat watches’ wristband; the first one is by using stainless steel and the other one is using super elastic rubber wristband which both are used for users’ comfort. Next is about water resistance; since it is originally built for Italian Navy, of course it will be used for diving and swimming, that’s why U-Boat watches provides water resistance. From the internal part of the watch, the U-boat watches provide a high quality both in spare-parts and the maker. Every U-boat watch is handcrafted in Italy and each tiny detail of the products is overseen by Italo Fontana himself. The chronograph can be functioned as a stopwatch. Besides getting this such fancy and sophisticated watch, you will also get luxury U-boat watch’s box that fits to its quality. It also has very durable battery power. It can last until at least three years of battery usage.
The U-boat watches are divided by four categories i.e. classico, flightdeck, limited edition, and 18K gold. For the classico collections, U-boat provides its customers by giving the authentic design of the watch. Without any additional features, it gives customers a simple yet elegant watch to have. The second is flightdeck. It adds some features like chronograph and calendar. It is the regular collection of U-boat watches. Next is limited edition. As its name, it provides limited stock collection of U-boat watches. The unique thing to mark is that for the limited edition, it doesn’t have the “usual” crown on the left side of the watch. The last is 18K gold collection. Most of the collections are mold in gold color. It is the most pricy watches of all U-boat watches collection. In terms of price, U-boat watches are included as high-end watches brands. However, the price of it is equal to the quality and warranty to its customers that it can last longer than any other brands.
For buyers who live in Singapore, you can buy this luxury branded watch in several places in Singapore. For example, you can afford to get it at Passion Watch Exchange, 109 Bridge Road #02-20/21/22 Funan Digitallife Mall, Singapore;
Visiotime; located at 16 Collyer Quay (Raffles Place), 01-09 Hitachi Tower Singapore. Another alternative way to get U-boat watches is to its official distributor, Movements Pte Ltd, located at 11 Unity street #01-33 Robertson Walk Singapore.