Many people mention the German watchmaking, and think of the Lange, Glashütte original, NOMOS these three brands, and familiar with their people know that they are all located in Germany's precision watchmaking center: Glashütte town. Do you think the German watchmaking is in Glashutte town? The answer is NO! Germany actually has three watchmaking areas. Today we take a look at everyone. Glashütte town's largest watchmaking area is of course the well-known town of Glashütte. It is located in the eastern German state of Saxony, is a town with only more than 2500 people. Half of these residents work in dozens of watch factories in the town. The reason why Glashütte town became the watchmaking center in Germany has to mention one man, Ferdinando Adolf Lange. In 1845, a young watchmaker named Adolphe Lange joined forces with three companions, Julius Assmann, to establish a complete watch chain here. A large number of companies covered the movement, case, Parts and other necessary for the watch industry almost all supporting parts. The leading watchmaking company at the time was Lange. For almost a century, Adolf Lange introduced a metric system for the watchmaking process in order to accurately calculate and manufacture the movement components, and invented the quarter-splitter, which was later widely used by the German watch industry, · Lange is his own balance wheel hairstyle has been transformed, so that travel time is more accurate and reliable. To World War II, due to be good at making precision instruments, Glashutte town was once the German military equipment research and development production base, was the last day of World War II was the Soviet Union bombing, many precision watchmaking equipment, equipment were shipped away. After World War II, the local people intend to rebuild the industry, the East German government simply all the then self-owned company surviving, merged into a brand, that GUB. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, GUB underwent shareholding and privatization that eventually evolved into what we know today as the "Glashütte original" brand. Although Glashütte Original has now joined the Swatch Group in Switzerland for many years, the design incorporates the Swiss watch features, but the overall design style and details on the movement of the gold sleeve, gooseneck fine tuning convey a distinctive German characteristics. The Lange brand after half a century disappeared, but also in 1994 by the great grandson of Adolf Lange, watchmaker Walter Lange revival, more than 20 years insist on making the most exquisite, refined senior wrist Table, from the German silver quarter plywood, hand-balance wheel carved to the groundbreaking eccentric design of the Lange 1, large calendar structure, all represent the highest German watchmaking skills. Lange also represents the highest German watchmaking process now. In addition, NOMOS, which has been insisting on making Bauhaus-style watches, is also a famous brand in the town of Glashütte. Pforzheim In addition to the aforementioned Lange, Glashütte original, NOMOS these three well-known German watch brand, but also some of the smaller but friendly people of the German watch brands, such as Lankan (Laco), Ai ELYSEE, Lavaro. These brands are concentrated in a city called Pforzheim. Pforzheim is located in southwestern Germany with a 240-year history of gold and jewelry processing. On April 6, 1767, an edict of Houkar Friedrich Baden-Powell opened the door to the jeweler's industry in Pforzheim, allowing the Frenchman François-François Otrand (Jean Francois Autran) in Pforzheim to build a pocket watch factory, the same year also authorized the expansion into jewelry and precision steel products factory. Since then, the rapid rise of Pforzheim, and even fame abroad, get "little Geneva" in the world. During World War II, the German military's B-Uhr precision pilot program plans to bring together four LACO and IWC, A. Lange & Soehne, Stowa and WEMPE watchmakers, Joint research and development production of high precision, good reading of military watches, founded in Pforzheim Ronkon so fame. The watch factory, established in 1925, has laid down the design paradigm of the modern pilot watch with its original Arabic-style inner and outer ring of matt black surface and hot blue fluorescent pointer. So some people think that Lang Kun watch and the nations pilots are very similar. In the same way as the town of Glashütte, Pforzheim interrupted the watch industry because of the war. Fortunately, the town of Glashutte is fortunate to have revived the watchmaking industry in Pforzheim in the 1950s, thanks to its excellent geographical location and the incentives of the West German government, establishing 16 watchmakers in 1953 Once again restored the world's jewelry and silver products the main supply status. Walter Lange, the fourth generation of the Lange family, died in Pforzheim and entered Longkun's work. I work with older brothers and his wife watch at home assembly, the continuation of Lange's revival of dreams. Although Walter Lange later returned to Glashutte to rebuild the Lange brand, he still resides in Pforzheim. Today, Longkun mainly produces wristwatches with a purely German military watch surface of ten thousand yuan or less, ranging from the original flight meter to the diving watch covered with amazing luminous paint. It is worth mentioning that, Longkun has been producing watches for the active duty SEK SWAT and troops stationed in Afghanistan. In 1960, the ELYSEE brand, which returned to Pforzheim, was integrated into recreational elements such as car racing and ballet in the pursuit of elegance, classics and simple design. It is called "Germany Entry luxury watch brand. " Today, the concept of Pforzheim, another iconic area for watchmaking in Germany, is on the rise. At Baelworld, the largest annual watchmaking trade show, over a dozen brands from the region are all exhibiting in group 2 at Hall 2. And their price-minded people believe it will bring more advantages in the future. Munich The famous Bavarian capital of Munich in southern Germany is home to BMW, Bayern football clubs and beers. For watch lovers, there are ERWIN SATTLER and ZEPPELIN. Angwendeh is known as the "Bell Patek Philippe", has long been firmly on the throne of the "World Clock King", founder Erwin Sattler's grandfather clock master Heinrich Sattler was in April 03, 1903 received a calendar mechanical design patent - Germany Royal Patent No. 163850. After its founding in Munich in 1958, the Ondourde brand insisted on hand-crafted products such as precision wall clocks, clocks, clocks, clocks, and clocks with error rates of -1 to +1 seconds per month. Erwin Sattler has been using the principle of hand-made, even as small as a screw is a small professional workers who hand-polished, all the components of the movement to create their own complete, not only that, Erwin Sattle each clock by a master independently assembled. Even if it is more than 620 parts calendar mechanical clock is no exception. As the watch industry's Patek Philippe, Avondale is also a favorite of top collectors. The interesting part of the Zibolim watch is that its design was inspired by the airship and its styling invented by Earl of Zimball, Germany in 1899, and was also used as a gift on the airship in high society and kings and nobility. In 1999, at the 100th anniversary of the birth of Zaboling airship, Germany POINTTEC Company re-engraved the gift watch at the time and designed and improved the launch of the centennial Qibolim series, which opened the modern journey of Qibolun watch. Zibolim each watch combines a unique part of the shape and color of the airship, sales of about 150,000 a year effortlessly won the current annual sales of local watches champion in Germany. Now, do you still think that German watchmaking is in the town of Glashütte? In addition to the fine watchmaking of the town of Glashütte, there is the gathering of German folk watches, Pforzheim, and Munich, German Emperor and Germany's current annual sales champion Zibolin watches. German watch with its unique charm has attracted many watch fans, looking forward to more people-oriented German watch brand to enter China. This article is reprinted from the watch era, if you have any questions, please send an email to wbsj@wbiao.cn to contact us.