The history of Underwood can be traced all the way back to 1926, when Edgardo Rustioni the company founder first qualified as an “Artigiano Pellettiere”, a leather craftsman in the age-old tradition of Italian leather craftsmanship.
In the beginning the company specialised in handcrafted leather goods, producing leather desk accessories, jewellery boxes and a variety of gift items in leather all in the traditional style of Firenze.
In 1974 the company passed to the next generation with Alessandro Rustioni taking over as company president. In the early 90’s the decision was taken to re-design the Underwood line and to extend the collection to include not only high quality leather goods but launching also the unique and innovative “Underwood Modular Winding System”, a modular system of watch winders specifically designed with the needs of the watch collector in mind, to safely store and maintain automatic watches.
From it’s head office in Firenze the company continues to develop and produce exclusive new products and the extensive Underwood collection now includes a complete and unique line of accessoriesfor men and women.
The company is proud of its long tradition in high quality products for both its own label and for some of the world's most important brands such as: S.T. Dupont, Mont Blanc, Bulgari, Boucheron, Bucherer. Omega, Tiffany of New York and others.
