Delbana Della Balda
Swiss watch brand Delbana pays tribute to its founder Goliardo Della Balda by releasing a new watch collection.
As part of a return to mechanical timepieces and in Delbana’s 90th year, the Della Balda collection presents new ageless classic watches of enduring craftsmanship.
In the 1920s, Della Balda ventured away from his birthplace of San Marino to create a new life in Switzerland. He had always longed to own a great timepiece, but at the time it seemed unattainable for someone of his humble beginnings. As a young entrepreneur, he was determined to change that and in 1931 realized his dreams of both owning a great watch and establishing a first-class watch company by introducing his own brand, Delbana.
It was a time of great advancement in the watch industry with new complications and ornaments being regularly invented. Delbana was to bring the experience of owning great Swiss Made timepieces beyond the elite with affordable quality defining the brands mission and future innovation.
These new celebratory timepieces embrace original principals of quality and design from the early days of the brand with new proportions and materials. Delbana’s crest is prominently featured at the top of the face in tribute to Della Balda’s visionary spirit.
The guilloche sunray pattern dial paired with classic sword shaped hour and minute hands pay homage to the Swiss watchmaking tradition. Luminous markers and a distinctive red arrow seconds hand complete the elegant design. The Swiss Made automatic movement can be observed through a transparent case back.
The stainless-steel case is complemented with rose gold PVD or polished stainless steel, applied indexes and Arabic numerals, paired with a black or white dial on fitting leather strap, creates four distinctive combinations.
The black dial models feature a black disc with white date, while the white display shows the date with black numerals on a framed white disk giving each example abiding character with endless applications.
Technical details
Case
Polished stainless-steel case with transparent case back
Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire crystal
Water resistant to 50m / 165ft
Diameter: 40 mm
Thickness: 11.5 mm
Dial
Black or white sunray guilloche pattern dial
Stainless steel or rose gold PVD applied indexes and Arabic numerals
Luminous hour markers
Sword shaped, luminous minute and hour hands, red central seconds hand
Date at 3 o’clock
Strap
Genuine black or brown leather strap with stainless steel buckle
Movement
Automatic Sellita SW200 movement with date and Delbana customized rotor, 26 Jewels, 28’800 vibrations per hour, 38h power reserve.
Box
Black Delbana leatherette box
Suggested retail price
CHF 750
