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U-Boat Classico Automatic Watch

Colour: Black  · Ref: 6951
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Warranty
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Shipping
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Returns
30 days from delivery

Overview

U-Boat Classico 40 Automatic Watch with Black Dial.

The Classico line descends from the diving watch Ilvo Fontana drew in 1942 for the Italian naval forces, and carries the left-hand crown that drawing placed there. The Classico is the smallest case the line is built in, on an alligator strap. The IPB case measures 40 mm in diameter.

An automatic mechanical movement powers the hours, minutes, seconds and date beneath a sapphire crystal.

Painted metal, rendered in black. The watch comes on an alligator leather strap measuring 18 mm at the lugs, closed by a steel tongue buckle with PVD treatment.

At a glance
  • 38-hour power reserve
  • Exhibition case back
  • Patented left-hand crown guard
  • 18 mm lug width
  • IPB case

Specs

Movement
Type Automatic
Power reserve 38 Hours
Frequency 28800 A/h
Jewels 25 jewels
Case
Material IPB
Diameter 40 mm
Crystal Sapphire
Case-back crystal Sapphire Glass
Crown Patented crown protection system
Case back Screw-fastened
Dial
Color Black
Calendar Day
Water resistance
Rating 10 atm
Strap
Material Alligator
Color Black
Width 18 mm
Clasp
Type Buckle
General
Gender Men
Country of manufacture Italy
Warranty 2 years

Questions & Answers

Why does the crown sit on the left?

It comes from a watch Ilvo Fontana drew in 1942 for the Italian naval forces, a diver whose crown sat on the left so the hands could be set from that side. His grandson Italo Fontana founded U-Boat in Lucca around that drawing, and the patented clamp over the crown is the part he added.

What can you see through the case back?

The movement from the bridge side, with the oscillating weight that winds the mainspring as the wrist moves and the balance swinging at the far end. That weight is cut open so the gear train stays in view behind it.

What is the coating on the case?

Physical vapor deposition. The coating metal is vaporized in a vacuum chamber and bonded to the steel as a hard layer, which holds up to daily abrasion far better than electroplating of the same thickness.

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