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GUB

Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe brought the town’s watch factories together under state ownership and preserved industrial watch production through the East German period.

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GUB photographs

GUB archive photograph
GUB Glashütte dress watch with a restrained silver dial, applied markers and gold-tone case.
GUB archive photograph
Close view of a GUB mechanical chronograph movement, showing the balance, gear train and chronograph works.
GUB archive photograph
GUB chronograph with its case back removed, revealing the manually wound movement and signed inner case.
Archive information

Origins and period

Glashütte, East Germany
State combine formed after World War II

Historical overview

GUB in watchmaking

Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe brought the town’s watch factories together under state ownership and preserved industrial watch production through the East German period.

Archive information

Known for

East German mechanical watches, durable calibres, and the industrial predecessor of Glashütte Original.

Historical development

Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe brought the town’s watch factories together under state ownership and preserved industrial watch production through the East German period.