Watchmaking school
German Watchmaking School Glashütte
Also recorded as: Deutsche Uhrmacherschule Glashütte · Alfred Helwig
Influential school where Alfred Helwig developed the flying tourbillon (1920).
Founded in 1878 on the initiative of Moritz Grossmann, the school trained generations of German watchmakers. Its instructor Alfred Helwig devised the flying tourbillon, supported from one side only, in 1920.
- Country
- Germany
- City / centre
- Glashütte, Saxony
- Founded
- 1878
- Status
- Historical institution (tradition continued)
- Key people
- Moritz Grossmann; Alfred Helwig
Innovations & specialities
- Flying tourbillon (Helwig, 1920)
