Chimera Sapphire Green Chrono Bronze, Limited Edition
- Hand-finishedLucca, IT
- IndependentLucca, IT · est. 2000
- Service for lifeThrough Palladio · in person
A choice we can defend in person.
Italo Fontana founded U-Boat in Lucca in 2000, carrying forward a family design lineage from the 1940s, and he has kept the line large, Italian and unapologetically loud. We hold a few because some of our clients want a watch that speaks first, and we would rather answer that wish directly than talk them into something quieter.
The Chimera Sapphire Green Chrono Bronze, limited to 500 pieces, carries a laser-cut four-counter dial with its lower section cut from sapphire crystal, opening a view into the watch. The bronze case patinates with wear. Architecture and movement on show, framed in U-Boat's full scale.
Hand-finished, made to be serviced.
Hand-assembled, regulated, and finished to the manufacture’s own standard.
Servicing is organised through us and the manufacture, and the watch comes back to your wrist — with a loaner in the meantime.
The watch, by the number.
The case
- Material
- 46 mm diameter case in naturally aged bronze
- Case back
- Firmly held in place by 5 screws secured on the bezel
- Crystal
- High-quality domed sapphire glass treated
The dial
- Dial
- Dual-layer dial
- Hands
- Hour and minute hands made out
Strap & water
- Water resistance
- 100 mt, 10 ATM
- Strap
- Laser-cut leather in brown aged through natural process
A relationship, not a transaction.
Every watch we sell stays close to us. We organise servicing, source straps, and answer the telephone ourselves — for as long as the watch is yours, and the wrist after that.
When the time comes, we arrange the full service through U-Boat, handle the shipping both ways, and put a loaner on your wrist while you wait.
Replacement straps and bracelets at cost, in any material the manufacture offers, fitted in person at the bench.
You speak to Jason — for a warranty question, a service interval, or simply a second opinion — for as long as you own the watch.
When your watch is at service we will put another independent on your wrist, so the wrist is never empty.
Hold it once. Turn it over.
A watch makes more sense in the hand than on a screen — particularly through the sapphire back. Book a viewing at 900 West Hastings St., Vancouver and we will put a loupe in your hand.
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