Balticus watches - made in Poland!

Foreword: how did our collaboration with Balticus watches come about?

At the Munich watch fair Inhorgenta 2024 we met our partners Alexander Shorokhoff, Poljot International & Kleynod Kyiv and also visited other watch companies. It was the well-known watch blogger Martina Weigert (https://www.deutsches-uhrenportal.de), who recommended us to take a look at the watches from the small Polish watch company Balticus watches.

The owner Bartosz Knop gave me a very warm welcome at the Balticus watches fair stand. He immediately impressed me with his very special watches!

"It's all about the details".

We are very pleased to offer these special watches as an official dealer of Balticus watches - of course with reliable shipping as usual; If you ever visit Munich, you can take the opportunity to look at these watches “life”!

Balticus watches from northern Poland near Gdansk creats high-quality models with a special design, inspired by the sea and the coastal climate - as the name suggests! 

The watches impress with their high-quality workmanship in combination with unprecedented, surprising design solutions. 

The origins of the Balticus brand are closely linked to Bartosz Knop's travels and his desire to discover the world and its secrets. On one of his trips he got to know the small Icelandic watch manufacturer JS Watch. These pieces of watchmaking art from a small island at the end of the world inspired Bartosz to pursue his own dream. 

Bartosz Knop's goal was to create a new brand of exclusive watches. Curiosity, persistence and consistency led to the final founding of the Polish watch brand Balticus in 2015. 

The Mare Balticum, a resting place and source of inspiration for Bartosz Knop, ultimately gave its name to “Balticus watches”.

Balticus watches are luxury watches for customers with a sense for special and unique things. 

 

Bartosz Knop comes from Władysławowo. Before becoming a watchmaker and creating the most popular and largest watch brand in Poland, he worked abroad for many years in the food and beverage industry. 

In exile he gained experience and capital. Among other things, he was co-founder of a fish processing company. After several years and various activities, Bartosz finally returned to the Polish coast, his homeland. 

The experience gained abroad made it possible to develop and promote the creation of a new, independent brand for exceptional watches. The Baltic Sea, inspiration and place of desire, gave the new brand its name. 

The result of the work is the Balticus company, which has been operating since 2015. It designs and produces Polish watches.

A dream has come true for Bartosz Knop. This required determination, commitment, also luck, but above all the wonderful people who accompanied and supported Bartosz Knop on his path until today.

 

Watch makers Ogrodowicz and son

Currently, there are more than 50 watch models in regular Balticus sales. Most of these watches are assembled in the watchmaker's workshop in Gdynia - Ogrodowicz and Son. The Ogrodowicz family has been involved in watchmaking for three generations. Their experience are incorporated into the production of the watches in the most valuable way. 

 

  

 

Piotr Ogrodowicz

He dedicated himself to watchmaking at a young age in order to successfully run one of the most famous watch manufacturers in the Tricity (Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot). Among other things, he runs an authorized service center for Swiss and Japanese brands. Ogrodowicz has been with Balticus since the watches were launched, assembling selected models and working as a service technician. He also actively participates in the design and implementation phase of new models. 

Mateusz Przystał - Designer

Designer and creative head of the founding duo D61 Design. Matthew was born in 1995 and began designing as a teenager.He covers transportation (from futuristic RVs to a disabled scooter to electric buses). His portfolio also includes metal furniture collections, functional solutions for the electric gas station in Warsaw and, of course, Balticus watches.