====== Tutima ======
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German watch manufacturer

===== The quality grade 'Tutima' =====
The quality grade 'Tutima' was introduced of the [[UFAG|Glashütter Uhrenfabrik AG (UFAG)]] at about [[1930]]. [[Pocket watch|Pocket]] and [[wristwatch]]es of this quality brand were equipped with movements of its sister company [[UROFA]] (including Calibre 19<nowiki>'''</nowiki> and Calibre 58).

From [[1941]] was also launched the [[pilot's chronograph]] under this brand name for the German Luftwaffe (air force). In [[1945]] with the removal of the UROFA and the UFAG disappeared also the Tutima brand name. It was not until [[1956]] when [[Pohlan, Werner|Werner Pohlan]], a former employee of UROFA, again used this traditional name for his watches.

===== Fresh start as Tutima Uhrenfabrik GmbH =====
[[Delecate, Dieter|Dieter Delecate]], former employee in the commercial sector and the distribution of the watch factory Kurtz, after the end of the Kurtz company founded a wholesale for watches in [[1957]]. The company saled watches of [[Pohlan, Werner|Werner Pohlan]] as well as of the company Neufing KG Delmenhorst.

On 7 April [[1970]] Delecate registered at the German Patent Office for his company the traditional name Tutima formerly established by the UFAG and operates since then under the name of **Tutima-Uhrenfabrik GmbH** (Tutima watches company). Erwin Brückemann --- whose craftsmanship was decisively influenced by Paul Johne and by a watchmaking education in the Kurtz company --- was then responsible for watch technology at Tutima.

The [[pilot's chronograph]] of the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) with the calibre [[Lemania 5100]] was a specialty of the house. In [[1994]], on the occasion of the 95th Birthday of [[Kurtz, Ernst|Dr. Ernst Kurtz]], the company presented a replica, calibre [[ETA 7760]], of the former original [[Urofa 59|Calibre 59]].

===== The watch collection =====
Nowadays three basic model ranges constitute the Tutima collection 

  * The //Military Range// epitomizes the consistent functionality and robustness of the modern Tutima Flieger Chronograph .

  * The //Classic Range// bears the hallmarks of the classic Tutima Pilot's Chronograph from [[1941]]. A characteristic feature of these models is the [[cannellated]] [[turning bezel]] with the red marker.

  * Consistent clarity and sophisticated features are the hallmarks of the new //FX Range//. A world first is the Ref. 740 with display of three time zones with a large 24 hour hand from the center.

===== Address =====
Tutima GmbH\\ Postfach 1153\\ D-27770 Ganderkesee\\ Tel +49 4221 9883-0\\ Fax +49 4221 9883-77

===== Weblinks =====
  *[[http://www.tutima.de/|Tutima]] (official website)


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