Along with other novelties, U-Boat will unveil a unique selection of watches at Baselworld 2015 - Five “ultra-rare” masterpieces conceived by Italo Fontana, the brand’s founder.

Developed on designs currently in collection such as the Classico, the Flightdeck and the Chimera; these custom produced watches have been meticulously hand finished.
Each watch is fully hand crafted in a different way, so each piece of the same design looks unique as it is personalized for each customer.

Great example of fine Italian handiwork, they boast precious and selected materials such as Gold and Sterling Silver, treated with traditional but also advanced and unusual techniques: acid baths, IP and DLC treatments, martellée finishing, etc.

Precious stones, like full diamond pavé and baguette cut rubies, have been set in order to turn these watches into jewellery masterpieces.

One of the five is the Phoenix, developed on the Classico design. This limited edition chrono watch, features a mother-pearl dial. Its 48mm case, received martellée finishing and it has been partially drilled, in order to create small cracks in the sterling silver 925 material.
The small cracks have been patiently filled by Italian craftsmen with 180 black diamonds.

Source: UBoat