Review: Made in Germany – The Tutima Hommage Minute Repeater

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Tutima Hommage Minute Repeater

Tutima – derived from the Latin word for “safe, secure” – isn’t a watch brand that many are familiar with, even amongst enthusiasts But this Glashütte brand has roots dating back to 1927 and began life as Uhrenfabrik Glashütte AG (UFAG) Chairman and Managing Director of UFAG was Dr.

Ernst Kurtz, a jurist who quickly recognized that it was not the still widely utilized pocket watch to which the future would belong, but the wristwatch Very soon, his best models had no need to shun comparison to Swiss brands; they were christened ‘Tutima’ A brand was born.

Much like other German names including A Lange & Söhne, Stowa, and Wempe, Tutima was assimilated into the war effort come WWII, building pilot’s watches for the Luftwaffe Hours before the official end of the war, Glashütte became the receiving end of a devastating air raid that left its factory destroyed.

Eventually, the communists stepped in and the rest is history as we know it

Thanks to his foresight, Dr Kurtz was able to move to West Germany shortly before the bombing and the end of the war.

This meant a new start for Tutima, and the brand managed to thrive In the 1960s, the reins were handed over to a confidant of Dr Kurtz’s, Dieter Delecate.

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, many traditional Saxon brands sought to return home, including Tutima However, a quick move was not an option because Tutima, unlike the rest, had already established itself in the West It wasn’t until 2005 when Delecate bought Glashütte’s former rail station maintenance depot that Tutima’s new home in the Saxon village began to take shape.

In 2008, the new factory was finally put to work, and thus began Tutima’s endeavors in Glashütte

In tribute to the brand’s homecoming, Tutima created the Hommage Minute Repeater Designed by Rolf Lang – former Chief of Restoration at A.

Lange & Söhne and father to Marco Lang of Lang & Heyne – the highly complicated watch was to become the first minute repeater designed and manufactured in Germany In 2011, following the inauguration of the new Tutima manufacture, the Hommage Minute Repeater was presented and history was made There are currently only two versions of the watch: one in rose gold, and one in platinum.

Here, we take a closer look at the less conservative, platinum variant of Germany’s first in-house minute repeater wristwatch.

The Case, Dial, and Hands

The case of the Hommage Minute Repeater is simple in design It is rendered in either rose gold or platinum, fitted with a crown at 3 o’clock and a minute repeater slide at 9 o’clock At 43 mm in diameter and 134 mm in thickness, the watch isn’t small and, some would say, is typically overbuilt.

Screw-pins, rather than the more usual sprung bars, hold the strap between the lugs; it does not only look better, but is also more secure

The platinum version of the watch (as seen in the []

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