Unicum

U-Boat creates aging technique for new launch

U-Boat’s designer Italo Fontano has gone to new extremes in the creation of the Unicum.

The watch is made piece by piece, with various components given detailed finishes using a variety of techniques from acid baths to hand painting.

This production mish-mash has created a watch that looks as though it has been dug out of the ground after hundreds of years, rather than the brand new and painstakingly put together timepiece that it is.

Using U-Boat’s U-42 B&B novelty from 2012 as its base, each Unicum will be entirely different, as the processes used mean each will have a different look to the next.

The watch has a double superimposed dial – one bronze hued, one black – with an acid treatment applied to its titanium case, bezel and leather strap that creates a pre-worn, eroded aesthetic.

The watch will be on display at U-Boat’s stand at BaselWorld this week.

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