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Glashutte Original - The Manufactory
Over the years, respect for tradition, infinite patience, and incomparable watchmaking expertise have enabled the town's noted watchmakers to achieve unparalleled success. There is no better expression of these time-honoured values than the Glashutte Original manufactory. The term refers to watchmaking firms that design and manufacture their own movements, and Glashutte Original's ability to do so places it squarely among the elite of the world's mechanical watchmakers.

The Glashutte Original manufactory brings the finest in watchmaking traditions together and combines them, under one roof, with the most advanced of contemporary materials and production technologies.
In-house design and manufacture of thousands of precision components ensure that each of our exquisite mechanical movements meets the highest possible standards of quality: nothing less is acceptable. Each is, after all, a work of art.
The making of a high-end mechanical watch from Glashutte Original begins with a collective brainstorming session. Initial ideas are worked up in the product planning and design department and elaborated using computer-assisted design software.

Even a relatively uncomplicated mechanical movement has hundreds of individual components, and Glashutte Original's watchmakers make use of a broad range of advanced tools and production technologies to make them.
Enormous added value accrues through painstaking aesthetic refinement of the components, which are delicately finished, lavishly engraved and galvanized before a master watchmaker assembles them, patiently and with great precision.
Even the simplest of Glashutte Original movements requires several hours to assemble. More elaborate movements with the most intricate and intriguing of complications - the Senator Diary or the PanoMaticCounter XL, for example - demand the dedicated attention of a master watchmaker for up to twenty working days.
Following assembly, all Glashutte Original watches are thoroughly examined and tested to ensure they meet the most exacting standards for rate precision, water resistance, shock resistance, and numerous other properties. Only at the end of this rigorous process may a watch from Glashutte Original be considered complete.

Glashutte Original is about the pleasure of wearing elegant and exclusive mechanical watches, beautifully manufactured to the strictest German quality standards.
This philosophy finds expression in the values of manufacture production, handed down through the generations to the master watchmakers of today.
From the smallest screw to the most complicated movement, timepieces from Glashutte Original are manufactured in the highest degree of production depth, with a great deal of work done by hand.
Glashutte Original's reputation for excellence is based on outstanding watchmaking expertise, technical perfection, and timeless elegance.
It stands on four pillars, four groups of watches whose superb movements are presented in distinctive, refined aesthetics.

Quintessentials pay tribute to our heritage in their design, construction and mechanics. The first watches made in Glashutte date to the year 1845. Today our watches represent the "quintessence" of the craft of watchmaking in Glashutte: classical yet original movements beautifully realized with keen attention to detail and to the strictest quality standards and specifications. Quintessentials embody a deep respect for traditional approaches to design. The clean lines, balance and purity of the elements reflect a classic, minimalist restraint. Here, too, are exemplary features of the high art of watchmaking in Glashutte, from the three-quarter plate to the swan-neck fine adjustment, screw-mounted gold chatons and the traditional Glashutte striped finish. Masterpieces in this class include Senator Chronometer, Senator Observer and Senator Automatic.

Art & Technik refers to the worldwide reputation for excellence enjoyed by German technology and manufacturing, combined with characteristic design aesthetics that give watches from Glashutte Original an unmistakably German and distinguished look and feel. The German word "Technik" evokes a combination of expertise, rare skills and craftsmanship, an alliance that remains characteristic of the watchmaker's craft as it is practiced at Glashutte Original. Each of the watches in this class is an expression of our quest for the perfect union of mechanical complications and art. PanoMaticCounter XL, Senator Diary and Senator Perpetual Calendar belong to this extraordinary group.

20th Century Vintage watches, evocative of three dynamic periods in the last century, invariably generate a powerful emotional response. Through the "Sixties" collection, we offer our own interpretation of those most peculiar, creative and revolutionary years. It was a decade that changed the world in many ways, through its ideals, its music, its architecture and design. As a result, when we speak of a "Vintage 60s" design, its b character and unmistakable lines are immediately recognizable. Our "Seventies" watches evoke the characteristic look and feel of the decade with conscious references to outstanding design from the period. The styling of our "Navigator" timepieces is a tribute to watches that were made in Glashutte to fit airmen's needs and wrists. They are a tribute a time when flying a plane was a thrilling adventure, a challenge to courageous, pioneering spirits. Among the most sought-after of these watches are Sixties Panorama Date, Seventies Panorama Date and Senator Navigator WorldView.

Ladies Collection watches represent Glashutte Original's aesthetic project, an effort to transcend the look, the material, and the precious stones to create a work of art. It is a matter of inner beauty and outer beauty: who is to say that the two cannot be combined successfully? Who is to say that a perfectly executed movement cannot be married with wonderfully designed and crafted exteriors whose subtlety and elegance form their irresistible charm? Timepieces in this collection speak to self-assured women of style and substance. Women who demand authenticity. Women who know their worth. These are the women we have in mind when we create our feminine collection, hoping they will fall in love with a masterpiece from our manufactory.

Our philosophy ensures that every watch from Glashutte Original meets the highest possible standards of quality and aesthetics. Nothing less is acceptable.