Vintage Glashutte Original - Was this a good deal?

[deejuic]

I was wondering what you all thought about this purchase.

Glashutte Original vintage movement from early 1900s in a new case w/ displayback. I got it for $370 US (was told that it loses a few minutes every day - but how much can you expect from a 100 year old watch).

Was this a good deal? I really liked the dial and the size is managable for a conversion watch at 45mm (w/o crown).

Opinions (good and bad) are much appreciated.

Thanks

[ShadownINja]

That's easy. Let's assume it loses 5 minutes a day. Over 100 years, it'll lose 182,500 minutes.

HTH

-SN

[Shuvi]

I'm easily confused, but...

Glashütte Original? The company known as Glashütte Original dates from 1994 and is basically VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe, formerly an East German conglomerate of the watch companies based in Glashütte, (A. Lange & Söhne, J. Assmann Glashütte etc) and is now owned by the Swatch Group. So which 'vintage movement' does it have?

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Edited by Shuvi on Friday 6th March 02:11

[deejuic]

Shuvi said:

I'm easily confused, but...

Glashütte Original? The company known as Glashütte Original dates from 1994 and is basically VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe, formerly an East German conglomerate of the watch companies based in Glashütte, (A. Lange & Söhne, J. Assmann Glashütte etc) and is now owned by the Swatch Group. So which 'vintage movement' does it have?

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Edited by Shuvi on Friday 6th March 02:11

So here's a pic of the movement. It has the marks for Uhrenbetriebe Glashütte, so I guess it is a matter of age, but even if it's not that old, I still like the watch, so i'm not too concerned, but I appreciate the constructive help.

[deejuic]

ShadownINja said:

That's easy. Let's assume it loses 5 minutes a day. Over 100 years, it'll lose 182,500 minutes.

HTH

-SN

Thanks, that's very constructive. That's a big help.

[Shuvi]

I'm no Glashutte expert but I like it. I'm working from memory here so I may be very wrong.

You have a Deutsche Prazisions-Uhrenfabrik Glashutte movement. Deutsche Prazisions-Uhrenfabrik Glashutte, Became part of the Glashutte family in 1918. The mark 'Original Glashutte' was added to either the dial, movement or both, around 1921. If yours doesn't have the 'Original Glashutte' mark anywhere it is certainly pre 1921-ish. There's a good chance the movement was first used in a pocket watch.

Want to compare it to a known original? Take a looky here

Edited by Shuvi on Friday 6th March 05:11

[justin-banks]

I love it, great size and very pretty, worth every penny.
Justin

[Asterix]

Lovely watch - enjoy wearing it in good health.

[ShadownINja]

deejuic said:

ShadownINja said:

That's easy. Let's assume it loses 5 minutes a day. Over 100 years, it'll lose 182,500 minutes.

HTH

-SN

Thanks, that's very constructive. That's a big help.

I hoped so. You'll get loads of these kinds of replies on PH.

[jamieboy]

ShadownINja said:

I hoped so. You'll get loads of these kinds of replies on PH.

Sad but true.

[ShadownINja]

jamieboy said:

ShadownINja said:

I hoped so. You'll get loads of these kinds of replies on PH.

Sad but true.

Aww. They're amusing.

[deejuic]

Shuvi said:

I'm no Glashutte expert but I like it. I'm working from memory here so I may be very wrong.

You have a Deutsche Prazisions-Uhrenfabrik Glashutte movement. Deutsche Prazisions-Uhrenfabrik Glashutte, Became part of the Glashutte family in 1918. The mark 'Original Glashutte' was added to either the dial, movement or both, around 1921. If yours doesn't have the 'Original Glashutte' mark anywhere it is certainly pre 1921-ish. There's a good chance the movement was first used in a pocket watch.

Want to compare it to a known original? Take a looky here

Thanks. Any idea when that pocket watch was made? It looks like the movement in my watch has a number that's very close to this one and the markings are identical to it.

Does the serial number relate to the age of the watch?

Edited by Shuvi on Friday 6th March 05:11

[Shuvi]

deejuic said:

Thanks. Any idea when that pocket watch was made? It looks like the movement in my watch has a number that's very close to this one and the markings are identical to it.

Does the serial number relate to the age of the watch?

Most of the pocket watches that I know of, with a similar number, date from 1910 to 1926, as I say I'm no expert so...

You can see that the movement isn't in pristine condition, screws, etc. This will reduce it's value to all except those interested in movements, specifically Glashutte related.

Was it a good buy? I'd certainly give what you paid for it, the movement appears to be largely original, the time keeping shouldn't be an issue and it's nicely re-cased.

Nice buy.

brandy edit

Edited by Shuvi on Sunday 8th March 04:53

[BigAlinEmbra]

Looks in worryingly good nick! My gran had a JLC from the 50/60s and it looks much more tired than that.
Aside from that, I like it.

Assuming it is genuine, you could have spent a lot more money on something much less interesting.

[deejuic]

BigAlinEmbra said:

Looks in worryingly good nick! My gran had a JLC from the 50/60s and it looks much more tired than that.
Aside from that, I like it.

Assuming it is genuine, you could have spent a lot more money on something much less interesting.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I bought it. At least if it's not genuine, I didn't lose too much money. I like the look and it definitely intrigued me.