Askania
Berlin clockwork: Askania is the only company on the River Spree to make premium-quality mechanical watches. Learn about this and much more at Askania’s flagship store
One of the leading watch brands in Germany
“This is how Berlin ticks”, says the slogan. Askania’s top-quality watches are made here in the city, fostering a tradition that dates back to 1871. The foundations were laid in Berlin by the inventor Carl Bamberg, the son of a watchmaker and a protégé of Carl Zeiss. He quickly established Askania as a market leader at a site not far from the Hackesche Höfe.
Askania built its reputation above all on state-of-the-art precision equipment for the navy, observatories, research labs and expeditions. The manufacture of quality watches resumed in Berlin in 2006. Askania is the only producer of mechanical premium-quality watches in the capital and is now one of Germany’s leading watch brands. Askania’s flagship store has a panoramic display of the art of watchmaking in Berlin, along with many stories from the pioneering days of aviation.
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A guest at Askania
Sales Manager Timo Gloxin on the history of the Askania brand