Glashütte, a town that is strongly linked to the finest of German watchmaking and the history goes back to the mid of the 19th century, when the watchmakers Ferdinand Adolph Lange, Moritz Grossman, Julius Assmann and
Adolf Schneider settled there to manufacture watch parts and pocket watches.

With the financial help from the Kingdom of Saxony, they began to train the town’s inhabitants, who subsequently became watchmakers. This then led to the founding of the German School of Watchmaking in 1878.

In the early 1990ies, Glashütte Original was founded by the privatization of VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe (GUB) under the leadership of Heinz W. Pfeifer and the aim was to bring back the traditional Glashutte watchmaking to life.

The Glashütte Original Alfred Helwig Tourbillon wristwatch was first introduced in 1996, paying tribute to Alfred Helwig, a watchmaker and a technical instructor at the German Watchmaking School in Glashutte,
who created and invented the flying tourbillon as a pocket watch.

This rose gold version was made as a 25 pieces limited edition.

The case measures at 39 mm with a phenomenal flat case under 10mm thickness made of solid 18K Rose Gold.

This is a highly elegant timepiece combined with the fluted bezel and appropriately sized so called onion crown.

The dial is highlighted by the double barrel shape in the center that showcases the flying tourbillon on the upper section and a small sub-dial indicating the time with a set of Breguet style hands.

The double barriers design is manufactured by a so called galvanized technique.

The dial is made of massive gold.

This timepiece is one of the highlights worldwide concerning a tourbillon timepiece and practically only once showed up in the secondary market at the prestigious auction house Antiquorum in 2011 fetching 55.000,- CHF during this early period after it’s production.

It is not known if this price included the buyers premium or not.

This particular timepiece is for sale.