U-BOAT ITALO FONTANA

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Noen her inne som sitter med kunnskap om U-BOAT? Hva slags urverk de brukte i starten? Historie generellt. Vanskelig å finne noe på siden dems.

U-Boat has also a great heritage story (Ilvo Fontana of Officina Fontana was asked to develop
watches for pilots and submarine commanders in 1942. Italo as close person (great grandson or cousin - not clear) found the original design drawings back in 2000 and as designer had the basic idea for launching a new design based on the originals).
It is normal that a small brand starts with cheaper models based on quartz movements and finds its way, designwise. Take a look at early boats and nowadays Welder watches and you see many similarities. In the year 2005 Italo joined with Mounir Moufarrige. Google around for him and you will understand. Mounir was the head person who brought Montblanc back to where they are today.
 
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Lerstang Ur A/S 47 22 83 18 29 Holmens Gate 6, Aker Brygge N-0250 Oslo
Urmaker Ringen A/S 47 22 17 08 07 Stenersgt.1 Rodeløkke Postboks 6770, N-0503 Oslo
Berg A/S urmaker 47 33 31 14 98 Øvre Langgate 44 N-3110 Tønsberg
Otteren Gullsmed & Urmaker 47 51 93 99 80 Kirkegatan 10 N-4067 Stavanger
VOSS ur As 47 56 52 16 20 Vangsgatan 40 N-5700 Voss
 
Back in 1942 the "Officina Fontana" company received an order from the Italian war department to produce a professional watch for the pilots of the Italian Air force and the officers of the U-boats. Due to the political situation at that moment the production was cancelled.
Fortunately all original drawings, color samples and other useful material was kept and in the year 2000 Mr. Italo Fontana, a cousin of the founder Mr. Ilvo Fontana, made his dream come true and launched the current U-Boat collection. All U-Boat watches come with a crown on the left side of the case. It is both a unique design and a very comfortable wear. The actual crown is secured by a massive yet stunning looking screwed-down crown protector.

Enda mer info her:
http://www.infinitytimegroup.com/about_uboat.html
 
60mm <-tror nok klokken blir stikkende litt ut på hver side av håndleddet :D
Men må innrømme at dette merket begynner å vokse på meg.