LOUIS GEORGE Watches

LOUIS GEORGE is a German watch brand based at Berlin, GermanyHISTORYThe brand name refers to the Berlin master watchmaker Louis George who became the 'watchmaker to King' Frederick the Great of Prussia on 26 December 1769.

 Louis George provided clocks, watches and instruments to 3 generations of kings of Prussia and other sovereigns all over Europe including France. He had business relations to Swiss watchmakers like Pierre Jaquet-Droz and Jean-Frederick Leschot. At the end of the 18th century Berlin was considered a watch making hub - mostly for organ or flute clocks with complicated music works attached released by the clock movement itself. The Louis George workshops of the Baroque era produced further more odometer or watches with complications, i.e. dead seconds watches with Pouzait escapement and early chronometer.BRIEF DESCRIPTIONModern LOUIS GEORGE watches are genuine luxurious wristwatches made from precious metals only. Nearly all the applied crafts and techniques are more or less can be called antique techniques - like fire enameling, original guilloche engraving or manual master engraving, manual gem setting. A group of several specialists provides the necessary services. Louis George watches are aiming for classiness. The philosophy of the brand is blending luxury and a timeless design in order to create watches that can pass on from one generation to another.