The history of Glashütte Original has been characterized by eventful times. One thing has however always remained the same: the passion for true mechanical masterpieces made in the spirit of the traditional art of watchmaking coupled with the continuous search for new solutions. Take a journey through time...

1845 : After almost four centuries of mining, the silver found until then dried up at beginning of the nineteenth century and great poverty broke out over the town of Glashütte. Ferdinand Adolph Lange (1815-1875), master watchmaker to t...