
Wempe is a German
luxury watch
A watch is a timepiece carried or worn by a person. It is designed to maintain a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is worn around the wrist, attached by a watch strap or another type of ...
retailer established in 1878 which produces its own in-house watch brand. The watches are assembled in
Glashutte, Germany. A majority of its timepieces are
chronometer certified by Wempe at their Sternwarte observatory facility in Glashutte.
Wempe retails watch brands including
Cartier Cartier may refer to:
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* Cartier (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Places
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,
Rolex
Rolex () is a Swiss watch brand and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1905 as ''Wilsdorf and Davis'' by German businessman Hans Wilsdorf and his eventual brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London, the company registered ''Rolex ...
,
A. Lange & Söhne,
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre SA, or simply Jaeger-LeCoultre (), is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded by Antoine LeCoultre in 1833 and is based in Le Sentier, Switzerland. Since 2000, the company has been a fully owned subsidiary ...
,
IWC, and
Omega
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, and has collaborated with
Longines
Compagnie des Montres Longines, Francillon S.A., or simply Longines (), is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Founded by Agassiz family, Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the company has been a subsidiary of the Swiss The Swatch G ...
,
Girard-Perregaux
Girard-Perregaux SA () is a luxury Swiss watch ''manufacture'' with its origins dating back to 1791. In 2022, then-owner French luxury group Kering sold its stake in Sowind Group SA, the parent company of Girard-Perregaux, via management buyout ...
, and
Ulysse Nardin
Ulysse Nardin SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaking company founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland.
The company became known for manufacturing highly accurate marine chronometers and complicated precision exclusive timepieces used by over 50 of ...
.
Introducing The Ulysse Nardin Diver NET Signature Collection
''Forbes'', Matthew Catellier, June 29, 2024
References
See also
*List of German watch manufacturers
This is a list of watch manufacturers based in Germany. Note that manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname
Entries with an article should also be suitable for inclusion in :Watch manufacturing companies of Germany. Entr ...
* A. Lange & Söhne
*Glashütte Original
Glashütte Original is a German producer of luxury watches founded in 1994 by the privatization of VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe (GUB), an East German conglomerate formed in 1951 from the watch companies based in Glashütte. Glashütte Original ...
*Nomos Glashütte
NOMOS Glashütte is a economy of Germany, German watchmaking company based in Glashütte, Saxony, specializing in artisan manual-winding and automatic mechanical watches. It was founded by Roland Schwertner in January 1990, two months after the ...
External links
*{{official, https://www.wempe.com/en-int/
Watch manufacturing companies of Germany
Manufacturing companies established in 1878
Companies based in Saxony
German brands
Watch brands
Luxury brands
German companies established in 1878
Glashütte