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Lange & Soehne – Taken from the German founding watchmaker Ferdinand Adolph Lange’s name
Alexander Shorokhoff
Almanus
Alpha Time
Archimede - The manufacturer of Archimede Watches, Ickler GmbH, has more than 80 years experience in the watch industry. This know how is used in developing and producing the Archimede time pieces in Pforzheim, the center of the German watch industry (Gnomon Watches)
Arctos
Aristo Vollmer - In the year 1907, Julius Epple in Pforzheim, Germany, founded the company ARISTO. Three generations long they enterprise under the names Julius Epple, ARISTO Uhren- und Uhrgehäusefabrik. Helmut Epple, the grandchild Julius Epple managed to beginning of the 90's more than 100 coworkers. Because none of the descendants of the family could further the business, he sold important parts of the company to the trust enterprise UTW Uhrentechnik Weimar. In 1998 Helmut Epple found a suitable successor, Hansjörg Vollmer, which acquired the trademark laws to ARISTO Watch GmbH. (Gnomon Watches)
Ars eTempus
Askania Uhren
Bagger & Gehring
Bethge
Blancier Lotterman & Söhne
Botta
Braun
Brior
Bruno Soehnle
Bunz
Chronosport now Guinand
Chronoswiss – A fictional name chosen by German watchmaker Gerd-Rudiger Lang for his Munich-based company
Churpfälzische UhrenManufactur
Damasko
D. Dornblueth & Sohn
Egon Hummel
Erhard Junghans
Erwin Sattler
Forum
Fricker
Garde
George J Von Burg
Germano
Glashuette Original – Taken from Germany’s historical watch city Glashutte
Graf Zeppelin
Guinand
Hacher
Haldi
Hanhart – Named for German founder Willy Hanhart
Heinrich Geisen
Hentschel
Holdermann & Sohn
Jacques Etoile – Francophone moniker taken from the names of master watchmaker and owner Klaus Jakob’s last name and wife Yildiz Jakob’s first name (Yildiz is Turkish for star, and etoile is French for star)
JB-Gioacchino
Jochen Benzinger
John Harrison
Jorg Schauer – Taken from German-born goldsmith, founder, and owner Jorg Schauer’s name
Jubilar
Junghans
Junkers
Kadloo
Kronsegler
Kurth
Laco
Lang & Heyne
Leumas
Limes – Brand fabricated by the German Ickler family
Lindburgh & Benson
Marcello C.
Martin Braun - This is German-born watchmaker Martin Braun’s name
Maximilian
Mechanische Zeitinstrumente
Meer
Meistersinger – Name chosen by German founder Manfred Brassler
MM uhren
Montano
Montblanc – Name of the german-based famed writing instrument company derived from the swiss/French mountain Mont Blanc
MSC uhren
Muehle Glashuette
Muhle – Last name of German founder Robert Muhle
Nauticfish
N.B Yäeger
Niessing
Thomas Ninchritz
NBY – No Barriers Yaeger, a name construed by German master watchmaker Martin Braun, loosely inspired by pilot Chuck Yeager’s name
Nimbus
Nivrel – A registered Swiss name acquired by German Gerd Hofer for his company
Nomos Glashütte – The name of an historical Glashutte watch company. German owner and founder of the Nomos company, Roland Schwertner, acquired the name after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Otium
Otto Berger
Otto Schlund
Philippe Rosen
Porsche Design – Taken from the German owner, and founder of the original licensing automobile brand, Ferdinand A. Porsche’s last name
Rainer Brand – This is German-born watchmaker Rainer Brand’s name
Rainer Nienaber
Rheinmeister
Riedenschild
Sainbach
Scalfaro – Name invented by German founding brothers Kuhnle
Schauble & Soehne
Schaumburg
Schempp
Schmeltzer 1881
Schneider Manufaktur
Sinn – Taken from German-born founder Helmut Sinn’s last name
Sothis – German-born founder and owner Wolfgang Steinkruger chose this name from Egyptian mythology for his brand
Steinhart
Stowa – Derived from the name of German founder Walther Storz
Temption – Name chosen by German founder and owner Klaus Ulbrich combining tempus and function
Thiel-Ruhla
Tourby Watches Hagen
Tutima – Brand name derived from Latin words tuts, meaning certain or protected, by German-born founder Dr.Ernst Kurtz
Union Glashuette
UTS
Volker Vyskocil
Vollmer – Last name of German founding family
Wempe
Zeppelin Uhren
Notables*
Blu – fictional French word chosen for this Swiss Company by its german founder, watchmaker Bernhard Lederer
Breitling – The german - language last name of Swiss-born company founder Leon Breitling
Hermes – Last name of founder Thierry Hermes, a man of French origin, though a german citizen
Kobold – Taken from American founder and president Michael Kobold’s last name, a man of german descent
Rolex – German-founder Hans Wildorf took the name from a combination of the Spanish words relojes excelentes (excellent watches) and modified it
