The U boat replica watch is making huge waves in the fashion world. This is partly becuase Sylvester Stallone appeared on the Dave Letterman show wearing one whilst promoting his latest movie the Expendables. These watches are designed and are manufactured in Italy the home of high fashion. The watch was originally designed by the renowned watch maker Italo Fantano back in 1942. He designed these watches for the Italian navy and air force.

He designed it to be easily readable no matter what the conditions, he also made it robust enough to last all eventualities and designed it to be water resistant up to 100 meters deep. Unfortunately he never could bring his dreams to life due to huge financial constraints at the time.

However, back in 1999 his grandson decided to make his grandfathers dreams a reality and he began to produce the thousands of feet U boat watch collection. This collection quickly became very popular among watch enthusiasts.

The fusion of classic and modern made the watches a huge hit. In recent months a number of other high profile celebrities have been seen wearing U boat fake watches. These include the governor of California and former movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger. David Beckham and Tom Cruise have also been spotted wearing the watches. Female celebrities who have been wearing the watches are Lindsey Lohan and Victoria Beckham. As celebrities are the latter day trend setters I think that U boat watches will be a popular fashion accessory for years to come.