Glashütte Original watches are one of the most highly respected luxury watch brands within the watchmaking community. Each Glashütte Original timepiece offers a unique balance of premiere elegance and innovative functionality.
For nearly two centuries, the German luxury watch manufacturer Glashütte Original has stood for exceptional quality and an expert eye for detail. Although it’s difficult to limit a list to only ten, here are our ten reasons why we – along with many watch enthusiasts around the world
In 1845, the first watchmakers began to settle in Glashütte, with the help of a loan from the Kingdom of Saxony. they began to train the people in the town, who then became independent watchmakers.
Glashütte watches is extremely well respected and I certainly consider them generally equivalent to their Swiss counterparts.
This laid the cornerstone for the Saxon watch industry and the outstanding quality of Glashütte watches which gained a worldwide reputation. In order to preserve this knowledge for the future, the German School of Watchmaking Glashütte was founded in 1878.
The changes to the economic system led to the merger of all existing Glashütte watchmaking companies in July 1951.
After German reunification, the Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH was entered into the commercial register on 16th October 1990. The company became the official legal successor to the majority of the watchmaking enterprises that had existed in Glashütte since the end of the Second World War.
In 2000, Glashütte Original became part of the Swatch Group. This watch group – the largest in the world.
Today, Glashütte Original is synonymous with the pinnacle of the German art of watchmaking. Almost 95% of all their watch parts are manufactured in-house, including their filigree dials.
Over the years, Glashütte Original has nurtured a culture based on excellence, the results of which are clear to see in the timeless elegance and sophisticated technology of the company’s timepieces.
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