Of course you can call us between 08.00 am and 05.00 pm to get further information on our watches. Phone no.: (0)7082-942630. At all other times you can send a mail to [email protected] You will receive a prompt response. .
Certainly we do send our watches to almost every country around the world.
Our expertise with world-wide-shipping is stretched to more than 35 countries, which includes almost all members of the European Union, USA, Asia, China, South America and Africa.
Please feel free to contact us if you prefer to send your watch e.g. to a friend's house in a country which is different to where you are living in. We are happy to support you and find a convenient solution.
We offer you two options to order your watch without using the internet:
1.) by fax under: +49 (0) 7082-94263-39
2.) by telephone: +49 (0) 7082-942630 (monday to friday from 08:00 am to 05:00 pm CET)
If you are living an outside the European Community you will get our prices without V.A.T. Taxes and duties will be paid by recipient by time of delivery. Taxes and other fees variate in each country and will be charged directly by FedEx
If you are living in the European Community we will charge prices with V.A.T. There will be no additional cost when your ordered item will be delivered.
We offer you different options to make the transfer.
You have the choice between payment via PayPal ([email protected]), AmazonPay, credit card or prepayment.
Our bank details are as follows:
Oberbank AG
IBAN: DE 41 7012 0700 1411 1026 66
Swift Code: OBKLDEMX
You can also pay by credit card - easy & fast!
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We will confirm your payment.
Please indicate your name, order number (if your order was placed through our online shop) and model version.
If you provide this information in your transfer, it is easy to refer your payment to your order.
Please note that payment is due only shortly before the shipment, not at the date of order placement.
Kindly note that we will contact you regarding payment some days before delivery.
Second stop function at STOWA watch movements
The movement ETA 2801 (handwinding), ETA 2824-2, ETA 2836-2 as well as Valjoux 7753 (all automatic) are delivered from the manufacturer already with a second stop (after drawing the crown the second hand stops).
Originally the movements Unitas 6498 and Peseux 7001 (both movements are based on elder constructions) were not delivered with a second stop.
We do not offer a modification of those movements as the expenditure of costs and time is too high (though it is not impossible).
Normally such modificated movements are offered only by more expensive trade marks and we do not know a single watch in the price category of the STOWA collection which is offered with exactly this function.
Therefore we don't intend to produce our models AnteaKS starting at € 1.200,- and Marine Original starting at € 1.750,- with a second stop to maintain the excellent cost/performance ratio. A modification to second stop would increase the price of these watches considerably.
Our watch line Seatime and Prodiver is equipped with a screw down crown, in order to guarantee a water resistance, even in deeper water.
Other models of our collection have no screw down crown, as they are not designed for sport activities and diving.
The Seatime and Prodiver line is water resistant to 30ATM (Seatime) and 100ATM (Prodiver).
In the following you will find some detailed information regarding the quality of our
built-in watch movements.
Please keep in mind that these information are often very complicated for laymen.
As customers are asking more and more for the quality of the built-in springs, hair
springs etc. we would like to publish these things:
In principle, there are 2 basic qualities that are then offered in two different versions.
For one thing, we are talking about Basis or Elabore.
These two movements are identical, only the finish can be chosen slightly more valuable at the Elabore version. Both movements use a nickel balance.
On the other hand there is the TOP and chronometer version.
This movements use a Glucydur balance. Both movements then differ only in two points:
Firstly, the chronometer version is regulated according to COSC criteria and secondly it has a continuous number engraved on the movement.
The TOP version has exactly the same components, but is delivered without a number and without COSC regulation. At STOWA we regulate the TOP version also to a maximum of 10 seconds plus per day.
From November 2020 we will also be using movements from the Swiss manufacturer Sellita. Sellita has been active in the field of mechanical movements since 1950 and has assembled/reassembled millions of ETA movements for decades. Here you can read the history of this traditional company of the Swiss watch industry: >>>Sellita website<< or watch a nice video produced by Chrono24: >>> Video company visit Sellita<<<
ETA 2824-2
BASIC and ELABORE version
- basic finish or Cotes de Genève stripes
- golden STOWA logo on the standard rotor
- or hand-made rotor of German silver with individual engraving
- Incabloc, Novodiac or Nivachoc shock protection
- min. 38 hrs power reserve
- 28 800 half vibrations per hour (4 HZ)
- Regulation from 0 up to plus 10 sec. divergence per day
(please keep in mind that during the "aging process" of the clock movement the bearing oil can become stiff, and your watch slower. If this circumstance disturbs you or the watch looses time a service of the clock movement will be necessary.
Our recommendation is every 4-5 years but it is also possible that your watch is working correctly for 6, 7 or even more years).
- barrel spring Nivaflex NO
- hair spring Nivarox 2
- gold-plated Nickel balance wheel
- max. amplitude 315 degrees
- min. amplitude 200 degrees
- max. adjusting mark of dial on top 0.4 ms
- 25 pallets of synthetic rubin
Incabloc, Novodiac or ETA Nivachoc system.
(All systems are the same quality)
We are not able to guarantee the one or the other shocksystem because ETA is free to deliver to us what they want.
The technic specifications and the dimensions in the movement are the same.
ETA 2824-2
Version TOP ( additional cost, with blued screws
- rhodium-plated movement bridge
- Cotes de Genève stripes
- golden STOWA logo on the standard rotor
- or hand-made rotor of German silver with individual engraving
- Incabloc or Novodiac shock protection
- min. 38 hrs power reserve
- 28 800 half vibrations per hour (4 HZ)
- Regulation from 0 up to plus 10 sec. divergence per day
(please keep in mind that during the "aging process" of the clock movement the bearing oil can become stiff, and your watch slower. If this circumstance disturbs you or the watch looses time a service of the clock movement will be necessary.
Our recommendation is every 4-5 years but it is also possible that your watch is working correctly for 6, 7 or even more years).
- spring Nivaflex NM
- spiral spring anachronical
- gold-plated glucydur balance
- red rubies on the finger balance, epilamized
- max. amplitude 315 degrees
- min. amplitude 200 degrees
- max. adjusting mark of dial on top 0.4 ms
- 25 pallets of synthetic rubin
- Incabloc
UNITAS 6498-1
ELABORE version
- rhodium-plated movement bridge with Geneva stripes
- golden STOWA logo
- gold-plated screw balance Glucydur
- swan neck regular
- Incablock shock protection
- min. 46 hrs power reserve
- 18 000 half vibrations per hour (4 HZ)
- regulation of max 15 seconds plus divergence per day
(please keep in mind that during the "aging process" of the clock movement the bearing oil can become stiff, and your watch slower. If this circumstance disturbs you or the watch looses time a service of the clock movement will be necessary.
Our recommendation is every 4-5 years but it is also possible that your watch is working correctly for 6, 7 or even more years).
- barrel spring Nivaflex
- hair spring Nivarox 1
- max. amplitude 320 degrees
- min. amplitude 180 degrees
- max. adjusting mark dial on top 0.6 ms
- 17 pallets of synthetic rubin
PESEUX 7001
TOP version
- rhodium plated movement bridge with Cotes de Genève stripes, pearl finish
- golden STOWA logo
- gold-plated Glucydur balance
- Incabloc shock protection
- min. 42 hrs. power reserve
- 21 600 half vibrations per hour (4 HZ)
Regulation up to max. 15 seconds plus divergence per day
(please keep in mind that during the "aging process" of the clock movement the bearing oil can become stiff, and your watch slower. If this circumstance disturbs you or the watch looses time a service of the clock movement becomes necessary.
Our recommendation is every 4-5 years but it is also possible that your watch is working correctly for 6, 7 or even more years).
- barrel spring Nivaflex NM
- hair-spring Anachron
- max. amplitude 320 degrees
- min. amplitude 200 degrees
- max. adjusting mark dial on top 0,6 ms
- 17 pallets of synthetic rubin
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Sellita
Our movements we use from Sellita:
SW 200 automatic basic
- basic finish, bridge parts rhodium coated
- golden STOWA logo on the rotor
- Incabloc shock protection
- min. 38 hrs power reserve
- 28 800 half vibrations per hour (4 HZ)
- Regulation from 0 up to plus 10 sec. divergence per day
(please keep in mind that during the "aging process" of the clock movement the bearing oil can become stiff, and your watch slower. If this circumstance disturbs you or the watch looses time a service of the clock movement will be necessary.
Our recommendation is every 4-5 years but it is also possible that your watch is working correctly for 6, 7 or even more years).
- barrel spring Nivaflex
- gold-plated Nickel balance wheel
- max. amplitude 315 degrees
- min. amplitude 200 degrees
- 26 pallets of synthetic rubin
SW 200 automatic Top
- rhodium plated movement bridge with Cotes de Genève stripes, pearl finish
- golden STOWA logo on the rotor
- Incabloc shock protection
- min. 38 hrs power reserve
- 28 800 half vibrations per hour (4 HZ)
- Regulation from 0 up to plus 10 sec. divergence per day
(please keep in mind that during the "aging process" of the clock movement the bearing oil can become stiff, and your watch slower. If this circumstance disturbs you or the watch looses time a service of the clock movement will be necessary.
Our recommendation is every 4-5 years but it is also possible that your watch is working correctly for 6, 7 or even more years).
- barrel spring Nivaflex
- gold-plated Glucydur balance
- max. amplitude 315 degrees
- min. amplitude 200 degrees
- 26 pallets of synthetic rubin
SW 215 handwound Top
- rhodium plated movement bridge with Cotes de Genève stripes, pearl finish
- Incabloc shock protection
- min. 42 hrs power reserve
- 28 800 half vibrations per hour (4 HZ)
- Regulation from 0 up to plus 10 sec. divergence per day
(please keep in mind that during the "aging process" of the clock movement the bearing oil can become stiff, and your watch slower. If this circumstance disturbs you or the watch looses time a service of the clock movement will be necessary.
Our recommendation is every 4-5 years but it is also possible that your watch is working correctly for 6, 7 or even more years).
- barrel spring Nivaflex
- gold-plated Glucydur balance
- max. amplitude 315 degrees
- min. amplitude 200 degrees
- 19 pallets of synthetic rubin
6.4 test procedure
6.4.1 density test at air overpressure
The watch which has to be tested is exposed to an internal pressure of 1 bar in the air and an external overpressure of 2 bar. Then the air flow mass into the case housing is measured.
Comparable test procedures, as for example with internal gases are permitted.
Watches with a flow mass higher than 50 µg/min are resigned.
6.4.2 density test at water over pressure
The tested watch is immersed in a pressure pot filled with water. Then the watch is exposed to an over pressure of Δp which is disposed in 1 minute held for 5 min.
Δp is 2 bar at watches with the signification "water proof".
At watches with an additional pressure specification Δp corresponds the chosen pressure acc. to chapter 4.2.
Then the overpressure in the pot is reduced within 1 min to the ambient pressure .
Before and after this test the condensed water is tested acc. to chapter 6.4.5
6.4.3 Density test while immersing into water with a depth of 10 cm
The tested watch is immersed into the water with a depth of 10±2)cm for 1 hour.
Before and after this test the condens water is tested according to chapter 6.4.5.
6.4.4 Water density test of operating elements
The tested watch is completely immersed into the water and then a power of 5 N acc. to picture 1 is brought on the crown and the trigger for 6 min.
Before and after this test the condens water is tested according to chapter 6.4.5.
6.4.5 Testing of condens water
The tested watch is laid on a hot plate with a temperature of 40-45° and remains there until the watch has reached the temperature of the hot plate which lasts in general 30 min. Then a 1 cm2 big piece of felt or cloth, damped with water of 18 - 25 C is laid on the glass of the tested watch.
After ca. 1 min this layer is removed quickly and the glass is wiped with a dry cloth.
Testing pieces showing condensation at the inner glass are resigned.
Note: Instead of the piece of felt or cloth also a drop of water with the same temperature can be used.
As a matter of course our watch makers service your watch.
In case of sending your watch for service, please send your watch to the address printed on our warranty card (small orange colour booklet). Please frank the parcel. In case of a repair or service under warranty we of course pay for postage. Freight collect parcels are going to be returned to sender by our goods receipt.
Background to the Art Deco and Bauhaus Era
Art Deco (1920-1940) Bauhaus (1919-1933)
Art Deco is the shortened form of the French expression, "art décorative" (decorative art) and also the abbreviation for the first international exhibition of the new applied art, the "Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes" [International Exhibition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris (1925). Art Deco was an international creative movement which encompassed all aspects of life: architecture, art, and arts and crafts, film and cinematography, advertising, and fashion. In addition to the tremendous amount of artistic output, this period was also characterised by completely new developments.
Triggered by the enormous population growth, numerous tenement houses, schools, hospitals, town houses, warehouses, and railway stations sprung up. There was an increase in mobility. By the end of the Twenties there were already 36 million automobiles in the world. Luxury ocean cruisers on the North Atlantic route with huge ballrooms, swimming pools and elegant suites and salons, as well as the express trains meant that travel was taken for granted. The American Charles Lindberg made the first flight over the Atlantic in his small aeroplane, "The Spirit of Saint Louis". Advertising, photography and motion picture art began to influence the masses. From the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the shop sign was increasingly used as a way to advertise. It was the period between the two World Wars, with the Depression, the Wall Street Crash, inflation, financial need and growing fascism. It was also the most turbulent, the wildest, and the most exciting period in the history of art in that century.
After the emotionally evocative art nouveau with its floral, swirling stylistic elements, Art Deco, with its inspiration drawn from Cubism resulting in the geometrical, linear and functional style of the Esprit Nouveau, sought out the new. Popular motifs were circles, rectangles, or sunrises with decorative sunbeams using intense, and at times, aggressive colours. Animals, and women's bodies were preferred, as far as being inspired by Nature was concerned
The typical after-effects of times of considerable hardship after the end of the First World War were expressed in the need for luxury, opulence and beautiful, valuable items. Cabinetmakers used the finest wood, such as ebony and rosewood, lacquer and the finest leather and ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays. Ottomans came into style with a vengeance and lacquer and leather found their way into decorative items and pieces of furniture. The most ingenious furniture designer of the time was Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, a resident of Paris, who took several months to work on a single one of his creations. The exquisite materials used were expensive, and his prices correspondingly high. The decline of hand-made craftsmanship was unavoidable given progressive nature of industrialisation.
The introduction of new materials, such as bakelite, plastic, and chrome of necessity gave birth to the search for a new style which was suitaed to mass production. Opulent designs made from rare and expensive materials, embodying the quality which comes from master craftmanship were copied later and cheap, mass-produced versions appeared on the market, the consequence of which being that Art Deco became a worldwide artistic phenomenon.
The realisation that good design increased sales gave a tremendous boost to the industry. Furniture designs of the time show a diverse range of forms and ideas using the new materials, including tubular steel. Marcel Breuer, who ran the BAUHAUS furniture workshop until 1928, constructed the first tubular steel chair in 1925. The technical innovation lay in transforming the original forms of a conventional upholstered chair to a light structure of welded tubular steel. Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto, developed a new furniture form, using flexible laminated plywood by taking advantage of the natural moisture of the Finnish birch. In effect, he transferred the structural ideas of the Bauhaus tubular steel furniture and applied them to wood. In 1935, he presented his first cantilevered chair in curved plywood.
Important developments occurred in the Twenties, particularly in the area of textile design, which was overwhelmingly influenced by the international reputation of the Wiener Werkstätten (the Vienna Workshop). The leading designer, Josef Hoffmann, developed a more geometrically orientated design from floral and curved stylistic elements. Hoffmann, as well as van de Velde, Behrens, Riemerschmid, and others created designs whose geometric or dynamic shapes were intended for industrial production from the outset. Yet, the time for their practical transformation had not yet come. The samples books of the Wiener Werkstätten contain some 18,000 designs for textiles of all kinds. Many of them are timeless and considered modern even now, and have had considerable influence on the design of today's carpet collections in particular. Even Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, Georges Braque, and Raoul Dufy were amongst the artists who created designs for tapestries, and decorative and upholstery fabrics.
The STOWA Antea design explained
Because there continue to be minor misconceptions surrounding the design of the STOWA Antea, we would like to offer some clarification on the matter. Objectively speaking, the whole matter is much simpler than many think.
In the Thirties even well-known watchmakers in Glashütte purchased their dials in Pforzheim. One example is the famous watchmaker Lange, who bought his dials in Pforzheim. It is mere coincidence that these dials had Werkbund and Bauhaus design features. (Hans Irrek describes this two-thirds down page 18 of the Design Classics book, "The Tangente from NOMOS Glashütte".).
This fact has been confirmed by STOWA, as it has by many other people (including the son and long time manager of what was at the time the largest dial factory in the world). Back then, and even as recently as well into the Eighties, there were very few companies who made a habit of patenting the design of their watches! (I still remember my visits to the Pforzheim dial factory, where dials were always on sale, and orders with the brand names of all sorts of companies imprinted on them. Certainly, at the beginning of the Nineties, no one was as sensitive about the issue as they are today.) It was only in the Nineties, and primarily because the watch industry experienced a boom, that more and more companies realised that a distinct proprietary design is very valuable and should be protected – and this is something that we at STOWA are in complete agreement with. Yet, there are still companies who unearth an old design and patent it under their name. One might think this reprehensible, but this is not the case. Legislation states that things which have fallen "into oblivion", or have been relegated to "the forgotten past", can indeed be rediscovered and can be patented. The only thing is that the question, "When does something fall into oblivion?" poses a big problem for everyone. There have been cases in law, however, where applications to register a design patent have been approved, whilst others have not been clear-cut at all, and have not even "fallen into oblivion" yet. Nevertheless, the decision will always be a difficult one for the jurist to make.
It hardly matters which firm did design these dials, because the designs themselves simply do not belong exclusively to any one company; rather, they came into being during a particular era in the dial industry in Pforzheim and Switzerland.
The actual designer of these dials must have lived and worked somewhere near Pforzheim. This is exciting! Besides, the modus operandi of many existing and former dial factories is and was much the same. There would have been a creative or design department, which would show their dial collections to the watchmakers several times a year. The watchmakers (amongst whom there are some very successful brands today) selected their dials and ordered them with their name on them, with possibly very minor changes being made to them by the dial manufacturer. Having said that, it has to be quite clearly stated that the former designers in the dial factories started the trend – in the watch industry, anyway. It is only today that the design of watches and dials has become a particularly important and large part of the watch industry. Many watch collectors are nevertheless are familiar with the countless watches from the Thirties, which all drew on the same design vocabulary, and today many companies use them as a basis for new models.
Create new things, with a touch of the old in mind.
Part of the STOWA philosophy.
Sometimes there are discussions about the "Country of Origin" of STOWA watches and other watchbrands. We at STOWA want to be open as always.
Already in the year 2007 an article in the german watchmagazine Armbanduhren was published. (in the reason of the 80th. Anniversary of the STOWA Brand)
It was the result of a interview Jörg Schauer gave to Armbanduhren.
Martin Häussermann (Journalist) and Jörg Schauer talked about the marketing and philosophy of STOWA:
"Even under Schauer's aegis, these have been turbulent times for Stowa, with a lot of pressure being exerted on prices.The young team in Engelsbrand has managed to release this pressure in two ways: on the one hand, they have been systematically and successfully looking for component manufacturers with a more favourable pricing structure, including those in the Far East, they admited. On the other hand, they emphasised that "80 percent of the value of Stowa watches are created in Europe". The company's marketing policy has been changed as well: from a traditional brand to direct sales. Stowa has been selling almost exclusively online (www.stowa.com) or directly from the factory. Stowa watches have become significantly cheaper due to cheaper purchasing and the elimination of trade margins in the retail price."
Sellita. Since 1950.
Since November 2020 we also use movements of the Swiss manufacturer Sellita. Sellita has been active in the field of mechanical movements since 1950 and has assembled/reassembled millions of ETA movements for decades. Here you can read the history of this traditional company of the Swiss watch industry:
>>>Sellita website<<<
or watch a nice video, which was produced by Chrono24
>>>Video company visit Sellita<<<
Quality Sellita and Compatibility with ETA
Sellita movements are very sophisticated and are in no way inferior to ETA quality. In the SW215 handwinding movement, about 40% of the parts are compatible with ETA parts of the ETA 2804. This includes the relevant parts, which are responsible for the accuracy (e.g. anchor and balance).
On the SW200, even more than 50% of the parts are compatible with ETA 2824-2.
References
Sellita movements have been used for years by numerous companies worldwide, including many top Swiss companies such as Breitling, Oris, Porsche Design etc.
Some of our competitors with whom we maintain friendly relations also use Sellita: Sinn watches or Mühle Glashütte, to name only two.