Blog | BOTTA design

Every year, the Design Center Baden-Württemberg awards its international design prize "Focus Open" to products with outstanding design.BOTTA also belongs to the select circle of award winners in 2021.

In this 2nd part of the two-part article you will find interesting information about quartz watches with their electric movement and their typical advantages and disadvantages.

In this 1st part of a two-part article you will find basic information about automatic and other mechanical watches - explained in an understandable way.

The understanding and handling of time in other cultures can sometimes seem strange to us, but even our everyday concept of time sometimes follows its own rules.

Twice a year it's that time again - the clocks are changed. But when is the time change and how do we have to set the clocks?

The question of whether automatic or quartz watch splits the spirits. BOTTA explains the difference, lists advantages and disadvantages and much more.

On February 18, 1745, the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta was born. He is considered the inventor of the galvanic element. For us at BOTTA, this special commemoration day is an occasion to highlight our quartz watches. Because with their battery-powered drive, quartz watches offer a whole range of advantages.

Why should you still buy a classic analog watch today? In this blog article, watch designer Klaus Botta explores the question of why analog watches can still inspire with their technology and inimitable design even in times of and smartwatches.

The advantages of sapphire glass in BOTTA watches and which watch crystals are there at all?