U-Boat is a highly elite watch brand that was founded by Italian watch maker Italo Fontana. The U-Boat watch was actually intended to be made in the early 1940's whereby Italo's grandfather Ilvo Fontana - a renowned watch maker, was asked to make a watch to be worn by officers of the Italian Navy. Due to circumstances at the time, the new collection of highly advanced proposed watches were never made but the original sketches and designs were kept for over 60 years and found by Italo Fontana in the year 2000 who continued with the design process and finally launched the collection of U-Boat watches.
U-Boat watches are perfect investment watches and ideal for those who appreciate the art of fine watch making with sophisticated technology. Creating a style and functional statement, These reflect a unique character and personality in addition to confidence and charisma and each and model is intricately detailed with a rare quality that has made the brand iconic, elite and highly respected in the watch industry. Celebrities who have been spotted wearing U-Boat watches include Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger who are very appropriate the bold, strong and robust aesthetic theme of the U-Boat watch collection.