Gruen

The watch company of Gruen was founded by Dietrich Gruen (1847-1911) in Columbus, Ohio. A German immigrant, he founded the Columbus Watch Company in 1876, which later became known...

...as Gruen in 1894. Eventually Dietrich involved his sons in the business, and moved its headquarters to Cincinatti, Ohio. Throughout the life of the business, until its closure in 1958, Gruen produced superlative watches containing Swiss and German-made movements of the finest quality.