Glashütte Original

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Glashütte Original is a German watchmaking company founded in 1994 by the privitisation of VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe[1]. This was an East German conglomerate formed in 1951 from the watch companies based in Glashütte. This included A. Lange & Söhne who were founded in 1845. They are one of the few watchmakers who use their own movement, and have 10 proprietary movement innovations. Glashütte Original is currently owned by The Swatch Group.

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[edit] Pronunciation

Glashütte is pronounced /'gla:s#hʏtə/

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  1. ^ Watch-Wiki: VEB GUB

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