Glashütte Original


Glashütte Original is a German prestige and luxury watchmaking company founded in 1994 by the privatization of VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe (GUB).[1] GUB was an East German conglomerate formed in 1951 from the watch companies based in Glashütte. This included A. Lange & Söhne, founded in 1845, and now owned by Richemont. Glashütte Original is one of the few watchmakers that uses its own movements, and has 10 proprietary movement innovations. Glashütte Original is currently owned by The Swatch Group.[2]

Pre 1994 GUB spezimatic
The Senator Sixties model

Name

Glashütte is the German town where the watch factory is based. It is pronounced [ˈɡlaːs.hʏtə]. By German orthographic convention, this would be written Glashuette if an umlaut ü is not available, but it often appears internationally as Glashutte.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Watch-Wiki: VEB GUB
  2. ↑ Simonian, Haig (2011-06-10). "Glashütte: Hand of history at centre of horology". Financial Times. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
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