This 12 months marks the ninetieth anniversary of the Delbana watchmaking firm, now merged with Delma and owned by the identical household. In what’s a celebratory 12 months, we’ve seen the Delbana Recordmaster and Recordmaster II being introduced as a pair of music-inspired, worth proposition watches. Whereas each these watches have been restricted to solely 90 items every, the corporate had another novelty ready; the Delbana Rotonda.
The Delbana Rotonda shares the same fashion to the Delbana Recordmaster, however will not be straight taking inspiration from music information. It makes use of the identical 40mm large chrome steel case, which is once more absolutely polished. At 11.5mm in peak, it’s a very affordable measurement, one that matches most individuals simply. A domed sapphire crystal covers the dial, whereas a see-through caseback reveals the mechanical motion inside.
The dial for the Delbana Rotonda is a mixture of black and white, a lot in vein of the Recordmaster. From the skin in, we see a minute observe with classic inexperienced luminous dots. One step inward we see utilized polished hour digits for each even hour, and arrow-head formed indices for each odd hour. The center part is in black, with a delicate guilloché sample engraved into it. A pair of cathedral hour and minute fingers point out the time, with a pink arrow-tipped seconds hand. At 3 o’clock there’s a framed date window with a black on white disc beneath.
Energy comes from the acquainted Sellita SW 200 computerized motion, the identical we noticed within the Recordmaster and Recordmaster II. Operating at a 4Hz frequency, it offers you 38 hours of operating time when absolutely wound.
Similar to the earlier two fashions, the Delbana Rotonda is worn on a black patent leather-based strap with a stainless-steel pin buckle. It’s priced at a really affordable EUR 775. For extra info, please go to Delbana.ch
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