Glashütte Original

Marcus Hanke
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The most beautiful Glashütte UNIONs - that were never built

Once upon a time, GO's little sister brand, Union Glashütte, was very popular among the PuristS, in spite of the fact that they were offered for sale only in Germany and Austria. Due to the fact that they were "real" Glashütte watches, with movements made in Glashütte, but at a very competitive price, they were highly regarded as the first step into a real affection for GO timepieces. Unfortunately, the company's decision to discontinue the employment of Glashütte movements and to use standard ETA movements instead, immediately removed the Union brand from our radar; it also completely erased its presence in our fora.

While searching for a specific picture in my photographic archive, I coincidentally found a few photographs I made in Munich exactly ten years ago, in 2004. Dr. Frank Müller, then CEO of GO (and Union) showed me the prototypes of two beautiful hand-wound watches from the Bergter series, but in 18k pink gold cases, with hands made from gold, too. One was a time-only watch with small second, the other had a power reserve and a mooonphase indication. I was completely stunned by beauty of these watches. Unfortunately, the golden series was never realized.

IN the years following, I have often inquired about the fate of these prototypes, but nobody knew anything (or possibly only pretended not to know any details).

Here are the pictures of the watches that never had the chance to be offered to enthusiasts:










 









Marcus
This message has been edited by Marcus Hanke on 2014-01-16 14:26:05 This message has been edited by Marcus Hanke on 2014-01-16 14:27:52

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