Botta-Design has been designing and creating wristwatches for clients like Junghans AG, Bestform and Watch People since 1986. During this time models such as the Junghans-Solar-1, the UNO, the Titan-1 series and others were produced and still enjoy market success to this day. In the year 2000, Botta-Design itself took over sales of its watch collection – initially through its own sales agency "HELIX" and since 2006 directly under the name "Botta-Design".

Every single watch made by Botta-Design offers its own specific take on functionality and design, though certain qualities are common to all our watches:

• an intelligent and contemporary design concept
• sophisticated functionality (wearer comfort and readability)
• outstanding workmanship
• durability both in technical and design terms
• efficient and customer-oriented service

Watches from Botta-Design are characterized by a concentration on the bare essentials. They deliberately reject faddish attributes and formalistic decoration. The salient design features are functional clarity and a high degree of technical aesthetic which is also expressed in the choice of materials and the precision of the workmanship.
We believe that wristwatches should accompany their wearer over many years and must continue to impress in terms of function and appearance even years down the line. In this sense, our standards are no different to those of the classic watchmaker brands. However, while these manufacturers base their design standards primarily on a historical repertoire of form, Botta-Design upholds a modern attitude to design.

We live in a time of increasing complexity – the consequence of which is growing uncertainty and stress.

A reduction in complexity and a focus on the bare essentials gives rise to a sense of security and calm. Coupled with the highly functional orientation of the products stylistic vocabulary, this embodies the philosophy of Botta-Design, a philosophy which is particularly noticeable in our one-hand watches.

Things become clearer and easier to comprehend when they are stripped down to the bare essentials.

True to this philosophy, Klaus Botta designed his first one-hand watch in 1985 – the UNO.

The second watch built in line with this design principle followed in 2007 – the SOLUS.
Both models feature only one hand, the hour hand – which just like in a conventional watch, completes one full rotation every 12 hours.

Thanks to the reduced form of time display, one-hand watches provide an approximate idea of the time at a glance. If a more accurate reading is needed, the precise scale divisions in Botta-Design one-hand watches can be used to tell the time to at least the nearest five minutes.

The strength of this display principle, however, lies without doubt in day-to-day timekeeping, as it allows the time of day to be checked quickly and easily.

With Botta-Design one-hand watches, you can tell the time at a glance.

Botta-Design uses only movements made by the renowned Swiss brands ETA and Ronda. The cases are manufactured to our own designs by a specialist firm in the German town of Pforzheim, while assembly takes place in a factory in the Black Forest. All our watches undergo dual testing before they leave the factory. Our older models also profit from the continuous product enhancement process at Botta-Design, their details being regularly improved and upgraded in quality. For service, warranty claims and repairs, our customers are served by a specialist firm which offers competitive rates and professionally ensures that the quality of Botta watches is maintained for many years.