Description Vintage Classic Elegant Men's Wristwatch from the Glashütte Manufactory House The classic collector's watch from the German Tradition 1985 years Bauhaus design by Max Bill In the Glashütte watch factories founded in 1951, the most important companies in the Glashütte watch and precision engineering industry were brought together under a single management. In addition to well-known brands such as A. Lange & Söhne, UFAG and UROFA, these also included precision engineering and toolmaking companies. The products were manufactured for sale in the GDR until 1965 under the brand - GUB ! and subsequently, until 1990, under the brand - Glashütte ! Other brand names were also used for the watches exported to 58 countries, such as Original Glashütte ! Meister Anker ! Limit International . The GUB, which had been integrated into GDR combines from 1967 onwards, was placed under the Treuhandanstalt Berlin for dismantling and privatization in 1990 during the process of German reunification. Today , top-class watches are once again being manufactured in Glashütte under such prestigious brands as A. Lange & Söhne, Original Glashütte, Union, Nomos, Mühle & Sohn, Wempe, Tutima and Großmann. GUB 09-20 The GUB 09-20 was produced from 1972 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, until 1991 (or 1990, depending on the source) and was also used in men's watches because from the end of the 1970s onwards there were no longer any hand-wound movements available in men's sizes. The base plate is the same in all versions. It shows the high quality of the construction, as all bearings, even the minute wheel bearing, are fitted with jewels. In total, 17 jewels are installed. The gear train is typical for form movements of this size. It has a directly driven minute wheel and a multi-level structure in which the bearing of the seconds wheel is above the escape wheel. The GUB 09-20 has a shock-protected screwless ring balance. It beats at a contemporary...