Glashutte watches have a history going back to the 19th century. Glashütte watches create awesomely complex automatic wrist watches. Retaking its former position of glamour, Glashutte is committed to horological masterpieces. Creating Glashutte watches that are both beautiful in design and function. Initially named “Glashütte, ” in 1845, they made some of the highest quality wrist watches in German history. Then in 1951 Glashutte was nearly snuffed out by East Germany’s communist government. The government combined the Saxony region’s different watch makers into one large company. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the reunification of Germany, the Glashutte watch was reborn.
In 1994, Glashütte was renamed to Glashutte Original, and within 2 years they unveiled their first watches under the new name. The new Glashutte watches were received with great satisfaction by watch collectors around the world. This is directly correlated to Glashutte’s extremely high quality craftsmanship and fashionable designs.
In the millennial year of 2000, Swatch bought Glashütte Original and promised to carry on the company’s well laid path of quality Glashutte watches. All Glashutte watches are made in limited quantities, and are limited editions. They are all advanced mechanical classics that seem to combine modern technology with classical horology. In fact, Glashutte now has 10 of their own proprietary movements. A watch collection composed of 5 separate collections, and a barrage of masterful complexity.
Recently Glashutte produced two new watches inspired by its beloved, and long since sold out Glashutte PanoRetroGraph watch. The most recent wrist watches, the Glashutte PanoReserve and the Glashutte PanoGraph, were obviously designed using inspiration from some of the original Glashutte watches. The elegant dials showcase slightly off center hour and minute dials with secondary second hand.
Glashutte watches have a history going back to the 19th century. Glashütte watches create awesomely complex automatic wrist watches. Retaking its former position of glamour, Glashutte is committed to horological masterpieces. Creating Glashutte watches that are both beautiful in design and function. Initially named “Glashütte, ” in 1845, they made some of the highest quality wrist watches in German history. Then in 1951 Glashutte was nearly snuffed out by East Germany’s communist government. The government combined the Saxony region’s different watch makers into one large company. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the reunification of Germany, the Glashutte watch was reborn. 