Code 11.59 by u-boat replica: New Tones of Elegance

The element that to me provided insight into the crazed attention to detail in the design and case construction of u-boat replica’s now two-year-old Code 11.59 by u-boat replica was, innocuously enough, a small screw. Specifically, a high-polished, screw-slotted, hexagonal-shaped threaded device used to retain the attachment for the strap.

This solid bar slips through each side of the strap and is milled — in the words of Peter Speake-Marin, aka the Naked Watchmaker — to resemble “a balance staff”. It fits between the two lugs and is secured with the screws in question. Which, if you think about it, is an incredibly complex way to attach a strap.

Why didn’t u-boat replica simply create a circular-slotted screw to fit the hole in their signature open lugs instead of machining a double-stepped and intricately shaped element that goes from hexagon to circular and that is also polished with slavish devotion to perfection? Aha. Good question. Well, it seems, as with everything related to the collection, u-boat replica decided not to take the path of least resistance but impelled itself to navigate the road less travelled.

: A high-polished, screw-slotted, hexagonal-shaped threaded device used to retain the attachment for the strap on Code 11.59 by u-boat replica timepieces (Image: thenakedwatchmaker.com)

O.K., at this point it is impossible to discuss the Code 11.59 by u-boat replica without confronting the maelstrom of social-media and online controversy directed towards(panerai luminor marina 1950 3 days replica) its launch in 2019. As u-boat replica’s Chief Executive and my friend François-Henry Bennahmias explained to me in a video interview earlier this year, “To say the launch was controversial is an understatement. The truth is, we got slammed.”