Gruen watch

Gruen watch

Gruen is a brand of American wristwatches.

History

In 1874 Dietrich Gruen (1847-1911) a German immigrant lived in Delaware, Ohio.

In 1876, Gruen started the Columbus Watch Company in Columbus, Ohio. At that time, he finished and cased watch movements from Switzerland.

In 1894, Gruen, with his eldest son Frederick (1872–1945), opened D. Gruen and Son. They made top-quality pocket watches and wristwatches.

Around 1911, Frederick Gruen built and opened a factory, named Time Hill, in Cincinnati, Ohio on East McMillan Street in Walnut Hills. Gruen was one of the largest watch manufacturers in the country. It continued business until the late 1970s.

The name Gruen is now owned by M.Z. Berger which produces watches with the Gruen name. The rights to the name "Gruen" were sold to MZ Berger, but Gruen-branded watches produced after the 1970s have no other connection to Gruen or the Gruen Watch Company

See also

*Elgin Watch Company
*Waltham Watch Company
*Hamilton Watch Company
*Pulsar

External links

* [http://www.pixelp.com/gruen Gruen watch story]
* [http://www.illotempore.it/ Many Gruen's watches picture]


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