====== Union Glashütte ======

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**Union Glashütte** is a German watch manufacturer in [[Glashütte]], currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s High Range division.

===== Founded by durch Johannes Dürrstein =====
On 1 January [[1893]] the company **Dürrenstein & Comp.** was founded in [[Glashütte]] as a factory to produce Glashütte precision watches. The goal of Johannes Dürrstein was to offer watches in good Glashütte quality, but at significantly lower prices. In addition to sound consumer watches also highly complicated precision watches were manufactured, which demonstrated an outstanding horological expertise.

===== The quality mark "Union" =====
As early as [[1880]] Dürrenstein, in preparation of an own watch production, introduced [[pocket watch]]es of the brand name "Union" (//Glocken-Union//). The product range consisted of simple ladies and gentlemen pocket watches, complicated watches, [[tourbillon]]s, and pocket and marine [[chronometer]]s of the highest Glashütte quality. J. Bergter was technical director, Emil Leutert worked as regulator.

Also the at this time most complicated [[pocket watch]] in the world, the [[Fabuleuse, La|La Fabuleuse]], was offered as a jubilee watch. This complicated watch made ​​to date in Glashütte and introduced in [[1901]], had seven additional dials with thirteen hands. Besides the hours, minutes and seconds indication, there were, among other things, hours, quarters, and minutes [[repeater]]s, a [[perpetual calendar]] with [[moon phase]]s - a [[leap year indication]] and a [[double chronograph]] with [[jumping second]]. With its movement of 816 parts it is one of the very "[[Grande Complication]]s" in the history of watchmaking.

In [[1933]] the [[Glashütte]] factory was closed and removed from the commercial register in [[1936]].

===== Revival of the brand under H. W. Pfeifer =====
After in [[1994]] the [[GUB|Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH]], under new management and with the brand [[Glashütte Original]], occurred as a luxury watch manufacturer, the new co-owner [[Pfeifer, Heinz W.|Heinz W. Pfeifer]] also activated the brand "Union" again in the year [[1996]]. And with it also the old philosophy of [[Dürrstein, Johannes|Johannes Dürrstein]] was revived again to offer the best quality at competitive prices.

===== Part of the Swatch Group =====
In the year [[2000]] the Swiss [[Swatch Group]] AG bought the [[GUB|Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH]] and therefore also the brand Union. Union will now continue as a brand under the roof of the world's largest watch company, and continue to offer inexpensive watches.

===== Address =====
Union Uhrenfabrik GmbH\\ Frühlingsweg 5\\ D--01768 Glashütte

Tel +49 35053 4616-300\\ Fax +49 35053 4616-310

===== Weblinks =====
  * [[http://www.union-glashuette.com|Union Glashütte]]


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