Chimera SS Black
- Hand-finishedLucca, IT
- IndependentLucca, IT · est. 2000
- Service for lifeThrough Palladio · in person
A choice we can defend in person.
U-Boat is a Lucca house, est. 2000, where Italo Fontana carried a family design heritage from the 1940s into watches that are large, Italian and openly built to be seen. We carry it because a portion of our clients want that conviction on the wrist and ask for it directly, and we would rather meet them than argue them down.
Shown at Geneva in 2024, the Chimera SS Black is the time-only version of the line's new striped dial, parallel lines giving the black face a three-dimensional, almost grooved geometry. The effect shifts as the wrist turns. One of U-Boat's most recognisable forms, recast in relief.
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
- Made of AISI 316L steel
- Case back
- Closed
- Crystal
- High quality optical sapphire crystal
The dial
- Dial
- Two overlapping levels
Strap & water
- Water resistance
- 100 mt, 10 ATM
- Strap
- Laser-cut aged leather
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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