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Craft and Artisanal Economy

Brief History of the Gruen Watch Company

Created By: Robert Dietrich Gruen Publisher: Indianapolis: KenRo Printing Company, 1991

Diagrams of the VeriThin and Ultra-VeriThin Watches

Introduced in 1904, Gruen’s VeriThin (also spelled Verithin) was about one-third thinner than conventional movements. It became one of the…

Gruen Guild Watches, 1926

In the 1920s, the company rebranded itself as “Gruen Guild Watches.” The new name harkened back to European traditions of…

Gruen Guild Wristlet from the 1920s or 1930s

Gruen added a line of wristwatches for women in 1912, using the name “wristlet” to encourage consumers to think of…

Gruen Watches Advertisement

Marketing the Gruen image was an important part of Frederick Gruen’s leadership of the company. In 1911, he hired the…

Gruen, Dietrich

After learning the watchmaking trade in the Black Forest region, Dietrich Gruen immigrated to the United States, where he eventually patented an improved center pinion for watches. This innovation became the foundation of Gruen’s business ventures, which included the Gruen Watch Company, a leading watch manufacturing firm that operated for half a century.

Gruen, Dietrich with Frederick Gruen and Paul Assmann, 1894

While studying at the Deutsche Urhmacherschule (German Watchmaking School) in Glashütte, Germany, Frederick Gruen became acquainted with Paul Assmann, whose…

Gruen, Dietrich, Patent

During his time as a watch repairman in Delaware, Ohio, Dietrich Gruen developed an improved center pinion for watches. Gruen’s…

Guild Watch, Face and Movement

The Gruen company’s references to medieval guilds and guild traditions were part of an effort to endow their watches with…

Historical Facts about the Development of Gruen Watchmakers Guild

Created By: Gruen, Frederick G Source/Publisher: </em>In<em> Buckeye Horology. Edited by James W. Gibbs, 83-91. Columbia, PA: The Art Crafters, 1971

Pentagon Watch, Face and Movement

This pentagon-shaped pocket watch case was patented by Fred Gruen in 1922. Gruen advertising in the 1920s encouraged men to…

Priceless Possession of A Few

Created By: Fuller, Eugene T Source/Publisher: Bulletin Supplement of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors 10 (1974)

VeriThin Watch, Face and Movement

Introduced in 1904, Gruen’s VeriThin (also spelled Verithin or Veri-Thin) was about one-third thinner than conventional movements. The hairspring and…

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