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| Founded | 1994 |
| HQ | Barbing, Germany |
| Employees | ~50 |
| Revenue | Not disclosed |
| Positioning | Ice-hardened steel tool watches for professionals |
Damasko was founded in 1994 by Konrad Damasko in Barbing, Bavaria. The name is simply his surname. Damasko came from a family of precision toolmakers and applied that background to watchmaking.
The brand's defining contribution is ice-hardened stainless steel — a proprietary process that hardens cases and bracelets to approximately 60 HRC (standard watch steel sits around 20 HRC). The result is extreme scratch resistance without coatings that can chip or wear off.
Other in-house innovations: hardened crowns, a proprietary anti-magnetic system, low-temperature lubricants, and in-house manufactured cases, dials, and date discs. Movement finishing and regulation are done in Barbing, though base movements are sourced (ETA, and more recently Damasko's own A26 caliber for models like the DK30).
Pricing runs €1,000–2,500. Damasko competes with Sinn in the German tool-watch segment, offering a similar engineering-first philosophy at slightly lower prices. The brand stays small and focused — no luxury pretensions, no fashion collaborations.