A regulation now requires local brands to ensure that at least 50 percent of a timepiece’s ‘added value’ is created in the town. By Penelope Colston In recent years, at least 60 percent of the ...

Glashütte Original’s latest movement adds a touch of Swiss technology. Before the Berlin wall fell in 1989, the watch factory that would become Glashütte Original was a manufacture frozen in time.

Here’s a fun way to close out summer: retro-style chronographs with Disco Blue or Vibrating Orange dials. They sound more like Pantone or nail polish shades, but Glashütte Original has coined the ...

If you want to snag Glashütte Original’s latest timepiece, you’ll have to head to a North American retailer near you. For the first time, the Swiss watchmaker has dropped a piece just for the ...

It has long been a thing, in sporty watchmaking circles, to deck out a chronograph's dial with jazzy accent colors. In a visually complicated watch, these accents can help differentiate between the ...

Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire's weekly column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world since March 2020. As a brand, Glashütte Original was formed in 1994, ...

When it comes to watches, mechanical timepieces are considered the best investment in terms of quality and value retention. But even in the world of luxury timepieces, very few brands can craft their ...

For one thing, the young German brand—founded just 36 years ago in Glashütte, the metaphorical home of German watchmaking and ...

If you’re looking to add this essential timepiece to your wardrobe—whether it’s your first automatic or a new addition to the “problem drawer”—consider Glashütte Original’s newest collection, ...

His-and-hers watches are making a comeback. It was a big trend in the mid 1990s, but a mounting backlash (“We are not just smaller versions of men!”) forced makers to create separate ladies’ ...

Glashütte, a small town in eastern Germany, is renowned for its long tradition of mechanical watchmaking. It’s a location that now enjoys legal protection under German federal law. When it comes to ...

From its steeply wooded hillsides and rocky stream flowing through its narrow valley, Glashütte could be anywhere in the Swiss Jura or the Vallée de Joux. Rather than being located at the heart of ...