Tutima Uhrenfabrik GmbH is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 watchmaker

Watchmaker

A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since virtually all watches are now factory made, most modern watchmakers solely repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their parts, by hand...

 based in Ganderkesee

Ganderkesee

Ganderkesee is a municipality in Oldenburg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geographical Location:Ganderkesee is located on the northern edge of a nature park called "Wildeshauser Geest". The northernmost part of the community is in the glacial valley of the Weser...

, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. Tutima was established in 1927 in Glashuette/Sa. by the UROFA (Uhrenrohwerkefabrik Glashütte AG) and the UFAG (Uhrenfabrik Glashütte AG). In 1951, it was named Uhrenfabrik Kurtz.

Today's products are analog

Analog watch

Analogue watch is an example of a retronym. It was coined to distinguish analogue watches, which had simply been called "watches", from newer digital watches; see watch and clock....

 chronograph

Chronograph

A chronograph is a timepiece or watch with both timekeeping and stopwatch functions as well as other functions. Pocket watch chronographs were produced as early as the 18th century but did not become popular until the 1820s...

s of high precision for aviator

Aviator

An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...

s (Fliegerchronograph). According to the company's website, such watches are currently standard military equipment of NATO and (German) Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

 (Bundeswehr) pilots. Beside the Military-Linie, there are two other product lines

Product lining

Product lining is the marketing strategy of offering for sale several related products. Unlike product bundling, where several products are combined into one, lining involves offering several related products individually. A line can comprise related products of various sizes, types, colors,...

 of Tutima: The Klassiker-Linie for wrist watches in traditional styles, and the Linie FX coming with modern styles and innovations.

Tutima Germany is registered with HRB 140173 at Amtsgericht Delmenhorst and member of IHK Oldenburg. The brand Tutima has been registered since 7 April 1970 at Deutsches Patentamt, No. 867903. Tutima USA, Inc. is based in Torrance, California

Torrance, California

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