The Glashutte Imitation Authentic manufacture once was subsumed in the VEB Glashutter Uhrenbetriebe, several Imitation Glashutte watchmakers and companies who had been collectivized as part of the former East German system. After reunification, the organization took up its old moniker of Glashutte Original, and in 1995, the manufacture unveiled a completely new collection. Later, it purchased the Union Glashutte brand name. In 2000, the manufacture was sold to the Swiss Swatch Group, which spent a sizeable quantity in production space expansion at Glashutte Original Headquarters. All movements were created with a team of experienced in-house engineers, while the components comprising them with hardly any exceptions - for instance plates, screws, pinions, wheels, levers, spring barrels, balance wheels, and tourbillon cages are intended in very modern producing areas.