Manufacture Tutima Glashütte
Dove ogni componente si guadagna il suo posto.
Perché Glashütte
Glashütte is a town of 6,400 people in the Ore Mountains of Saxony — and approximately 1,800 of them are watchmakers. Since Ferdinand Adolph Lange trained fifteen straw-weavers as watchmakers in 1845, this town has been the heart of German fine watchmaking.
"Made in Glashütte" is legally protected — at least 50% of value must be created there. Only five independent companies hold this right. Tutima is one of them.
Tutima returned here in 2008 — 63 years after the destruction and dismantling. Rebuilding a manufacture in Glashütte wasn't a marketing decision. It was a conviction.
Il Laboratorio
The manufactory operates as a vertical workshop. Components begin as raw material in the basement and leave as finished watches from the upper floors.
CNC Machining
A 5-axis CNC machine cuts movement components from brass and steel blanks. The new building under construction — target 2027 — will add laser cutting, electrical discharge machining, and surface treatment.
Movement Assembly
Each caliber is assembled by one watchmaker working alone. The Breguet hairspring overcoil — the curved terminal coil that improves isochronism — is formed in-house. Hands are produced in-house.
Finishing
Glashütte-style: striping on the three-quarter plate, mirror polishing of steel surfaces on tin, hand-beveling of edges. The Patria’s Caliber 617 receives the most finishing steps — every surface, including those invisible after casing.
Regulation
Each movement is regulated in six positions. Most manufacturers do five. The sixth position provides an additional data point that tightens the tolerance. The process takes days. It cannot be compressed.
Casing
The tested movement is installed into the case. Dial, hands, and crystal are fitted. Crown and pushers are sealed. Water resistance is verified under pressure.
Quality Control
Final inspection. Every watch is individually tested before it leaves Glashütte. No sampling. No exceptions.
I Calibri
Four in-house calibers — each developed and built in Glashütte. From the minute repeater to the proven everyday movement.
Caliber 800
The Minute Repeater
- • More than 550 parts
- • First minute repeater ever built in Glashütte
- • First wrist minute repeater in German watchmaking history
- • Entirely developed and built in Glashütte
Caliber 617
The Foundation
- • Hand-wound, 171 parts
- • Breguet overcoil — mark of fine watchmaking
- • The base architecture — Cal. 800 builds on this foundation
- • Powers the Patria
Caliber 521
The Chronograph Module
- • In-house chronograph module
- • Central minute hand — unusual for chronographs
- • Powers the Saxon One
Caliber 330 / 331
The Workhorses
- • Modified base calibers for everyday reliability
- • Powers the M2, Flieger, and Grand Flieger
- • Proven, robust, designed for instrument reliability
Cinque cose su Tutima
- 1 One of five independent manufactures in Glashütte
- 2 In-house calibers: Cal. 617, Cal. 521, Cal. 800 (minute repeater)
- 3 Family-owned since 1927 — now in its third generation
- 4 35 employees in Glashütte, 55 in Ganderkesee
- 5 Exports to 25+ countries. Still not a conglomerate brand.
Riconoscimenti
"Prices that belie its heritage and expertise."
— Esquire
"One of the last true independent manufactures."
— WatchTime
- • Selected by the German Armed Forces, 1984 (Ref. 798)
- • Aboard the MIR space station
- • First wrist minute repeater in German watchmaking history
Il tempo richiede tempo.
From raw steel to finished timepiece: two to three years. The number is not a marketing claim. It is arithmetic. Machining takes months. Assembly takes weeks — one watchmaker, one movement, working alone. Finishing each surface by hand takes more weeks. Regulation in six positions takes days.
It is not a philosophy. It is a description of the process.
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