Delma has rightfully earned its recent reputation for producing highly capable, functional, and accessible dive watches. However, the brand’s history, tracing back to its establishment in 1924 by brothers Adolf and Albert Gilomen as A. & A. Gilomen S.A. in Lengnau and currently operating from the same Swiss town, reveals a broader range of offerings […]
Swiss watchmaker Delma has worked to establish itself as a brand committed to the realm of deep waters, and a testament to this commitment is its Blue Shark series, which stands out in the domain of deep dive watches. The inaugural Blue Shark, introduced in 2011, set a new standard with its extraordinary water resistance […]
Delma, a Swiss watch brand born in the late 1920s, gained recognition for its high-quality diving watches in the 1960s. Iconic models like the Periscope from 1969 and the professional diver’s Shell Star of 1975 laid the foundation for the extensive range of Diver references across six distinct product lines that Delma offers today. Since […]
Don’t look for elegance, restrained dimensions, comfort on a daily basis or the ability to wear these watches with a sporty-chic attire at a cocktail party this summer. These watches are not meant for that. These watches are not luxury items (well, some of them have a price tag to match, but that’s not the […]
If you’re on the hunt for a dive watch to enjoy during these warmer months of the year, you’re spoilt for choice by brands from A through Z. If you want to add in a practical GMT functionality, there’s still plenty to choose from, but it’s a lot less widespread already. Add in a water […]
Just last week we showed you six high-end watches that utilised all the benefits of titanium; lightweight, a tactile feel, robust and hypoallergenic. While all that is fine, the most affordable watch on that list cost CHF 7,700 and the most expensive one has a price that’s on request which needs little explaining in this […]
Based in Lengnau and operating in the accessible watch segment, Delma is an independent family-owned watch brand with a solid tradition of crafting dive watches. Originally introduced in the mid-1970s, the Shell Star was the brand’s first professional dive watch. The brand has just released a titanium limited edition of the model, in a run […]
The family-owned watchmaking company Delma has quite a solid reputation when it comes to making robust and accessible sports and tool watches. One of the core collections is the Shell Star, a powerful series of dive watches with roots in the mid-1970s. The collection is home to a number of very cool and original models […]
Delma is a family-owned brand based in Lengnau, Switzerland, with a solid track record of rugged sports watches adapted to racing, airborne and diving pursuits. The Continental Chronograph is a throwback to the brand’s rugged 1960s racing chronographs and has recently welcomed the Continental Pulsometer, a second, more elegant iteration with three scales and a […]
We’ve paid a lot of attention to the re-emerging Delma recently, a Swiss brand with nearly a century of unbroken history that not enough people knew about. It may also surprise you to learn that around 20 years ago, Delma integrated another brand into their company with a similar story — and that brand is … Continued
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