The Fondale’s roots can be traced back to the 1980s, when in 1985 Officine Panerai set about developing a professional diving wrist watch with the intended purpose of serving the Italian Military, in particular the Incursori / Comsubin. After about two years of development two prototypes were ready and the Fondale as we know it today was born, although one of the models featured Panerai’s crown locking system, which is absent on the ENNEBI version as it’s an exclusive trademark of Officine Panerai.The prototypes both performed incredibly well, meeting and exceeding (in many cases) every requirement, however due to insufficient orders Offiicne Panerai never put the watch into production.Almost twenty years later in 2004, two men from the original team of Officine Panerai engineers who had worked on the prototypes, Alessandro Bettarini and Luciano Nincheri set up ENNEBI Instruments and brought the original prototype design back to life in the form the Fondale.

Exquisitely crafted from Grade 5 titanium that has been micropeended (a very fine bead blasting process) the Fondale’s case is utterly unique and wholly original, at 47mm it is relatively large, but as with all titanium cases any bulkiness that might make a watch of this size less wearable is counteracted by the use of titanium a light weight non-corrosive and hypoallergenic metal that is very comfortable to wear.