Sold out already - we will get more pieces of this special 1930-3 edition from start of May 2025 - preorder recommended.
UMF-RUHLA Submarine U-17 Automatic 1930-3
This watch is dedicated to the famous Submarine U-17 from 1973 - you can find information about it on Wikipedia and in the fascinating Sinsheim / Speyer Technology Museum:
U-17 in the Sinsheim / Speyer Technology Museum
U-Boat U-17 Wikipedia (german)
The 1930-3 diver's watch with 20 ATM is equipped with a blue, rotating (one-sided locking with 120 clicks) ceramic bezel and a blue dial with wave decor. In the dark, the hands, indices and numbers on the bezel are very easy to read - Superluminova!
Perfectly crafted stainless steel case with 42mm diameter (with crown 45mm), 22mm lug width, screwed crown and glass bottom.
Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.
200 meters water resistant.
Automatic movement NH35A from Seiko (Japan) with 24 jewels, 21,600 semi-oscillations/hour, bidirectional rotor, Diashock shock protection, stop-seconds, quick date setting and approx. 41 hour power reserve.
Limited to 499 pieces.
Behind UMF-RUHLA from Ruhla, Thuringia are the passionate watch lovers Martin Wein and Michael Sonnenberg, as well as a team of watch enthusiasts!
The motto of UMF-RUHLA is "We dare more and be braver".
Delivery from Poljot24.de with a solid UMF-Ruhla metal strap with folding clasp, as well as a RIOS1931 rubber strap "Kansas" in black.
With UMF-RUHLA case & certificate.
Discover here here all our watches made in Ruhla: Bauhaus, UMF-Ruhla & Zeppelin watches from Germany!
Background Info:
UMF-RUHLA, a legend lives on!
The origins of the UMF watch factory in Ruhla/Thuringia go back to 1862, according to tradition. Since 1880, the company has focused on the development and production of pocket watches. In 1897, 4,000 watches were already being produced per day. In 1949, the company recorded its highest production volume to date. In April 1985, the watch company developed a cabin clock for the first German jet airliner, and subsequently for other airliners.
The UMF "Ruhla electric Kal. 25" was the first electric wristwatch in the GDR in 1963 and was presented as an in-house development at the Leipzig Trade Fair. Watches with this caliber were built from 1963 to 1991.
On September 25, 1962, the 100th anniversary of the UMF watch and machine factory was celebrated. Deserving employees received a copy of the UMF special edition "100 years".
On March 1, 1967, the Ruhla, Glashütte and Weimar watch factories merged to form the VEB Uhrenkombinat Ruhla. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the state-owned company was broken up into several parts and privatized by the Treuhandgesellschaft. The VEB Uhrenwerk Ruhla initially became the company "Uhrenwerke Ruhla GmbH".
In 1990, around 90% of the old factory and production buildings were demolished. One of the well-known industrial monuments and administrative buildings from the great watchmaking era of 1929 was largely preserved: the six-story reinforced concrete skeleton structure with clinker cladding in the Bauhaus style was built in 1929 according to designs by the Schreiter & Schlag architectural firm.
Then, as now, it served as a production site for watches from Ruhla. On the ground floor is the Ruhla Clock Museum, which shows the contemporary history of the clock industry in Ruhla.
