Sternglas was founded by Dustin Fontaine in Hamburg in 2016. Fontaine worked in a small watch manufactory in his student years and this experience sparked his passion for watchmaking. The brand focuses on minimalism and quality and aims to make good design accessible to everyone. The ‘glas’ element of the brand’s name refers to the sapphire glass lens that is built into every watch that the brand creates. Fontaine chose this name for his brand to honour this strong history of German watchmaking. Despite being a relatively new name in the watch industry, Sternglas is a very well-respected brand that creates high-quality timepieces. 

Core Features of the Sternglas Berlin Collection: 

• Each model pays tribute to the former Berlin train station in Hamburg through a fine engraving on the case back.
• Berlin watches feature a domed sapphire crystal to protect the dial. This has a double anti-reflective coating. 
• On each model, there is both a date and weekday aperture. 
• Each Berlin watch has hour, minute and seconds hands. 
• These watches are also water resistant up to 50 metres or 5 bar. 

Model Specifications S01-BE08-HE05:

• This watch features an olive green stain-finished curved dial. 
• To complement the dial colour, there are silver hour, minute and second hands. 
• At 3 o’clock, the weekday and date apertures sit next to each other. 
• The dial is adorned with slim baton indices. At the 12 and 6 o’clock positions, these have been replaced by Arabic numeral indices. 
• Framing the dial is a polished 316L stainless steel case. It measures 38mm in diameter and 8mm in thickness (excluding the glass).
• This timepiece is powered by a Miyota GM02 quartz movement. 
• This watch is finished with a dark brown heritage leather strap with alligator embossing. The strap has a width of 20mm.