1970s Glashutte Spezichron with 22 Rubis Automatic watch

I have always love history and this is a 1970s Glashutte Spezichron with 22Rubis Automatic Watch. 

The 

GUB Glashütte Spezichron wristwatch was the successor to the highly successful Spezimatic line and was introduced in 1979 by the state-owned watch conglomerate of the German Democratic Republic (DDR). It represents a period of East German watchmaking focused on in-house mechanical movements, despite the limitations of the era.

Formation of GUB

The traditional watchmaking centers in the east of Germany were more or less destroyed in 1945. The towns of Glashütte and Ruhla were hit particularly hard. Nearly all of the machinery that survived WWII intact was transported to Moscow as part of the post-war reparations. Companies like A. Lange & Söhne, UROFA, and Mühle & Sohn were nationalized and reorganized into publicly owned enterprises (in German: Volkseigener Betrieb, or VEB). Despite these difficulties, watches were once again being produced in Glashütte as soon as 1946. It took Ruhla three additional years to recover from the blow and restart production.

Following World War II, the watchmaking companies in the town of Glashütte, Saxony, found themselves in the Soviet occupied zone, which became the DDR. In 1951, the state authorities ordered all resident watchmaking companies, including A. Lange & Söhne and UROFA, to merge into a single, state-owned enterprise called VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe (GUB). The remaining machinery from the original companies had largely been seized as war reparations and sent to Moscow, so GUB was forced to restart production with limited equipment. A year later, a similar demand in Ruhla led to the formation of the VEB Uhren- und Maschinenfabrik (UMF). Some 15 years later, the GUB and UMF joined forces with the VEB Uhrenwerk Weimar to become the conglomerate VEB Uhrenkombinat Ruhla, which was subsequently renamed VEB Uhrenwerke Ruhla (UWR) in 1978.

The Spezichron Era

The Spezichron was developed as an evolution of the popular Spezimatic model, which had a production run from the 1960s to the late 1970s. 

Introduction and Production: The Spezichron debuted in 1979 and production continued until around 1985.

• Movement: It was powered by the new Caliber 11-26 (without date) and Caliber 11-27(with date) movements. These movements were an improvement over their predecessors, featuring a higher beat rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour (bph), which contributed to better accuracy.
• Context: During the 1970s and 1980s, while Western watchmakers grappled with the "quartz crisis," GUB, largely insulated by the Iron Curtain, continued to focus on developing and refining its traditional mechanical movements.
• Market: GUB watches, including the Spezichron, were key export products for the DDR, with most of them sold internationally rather than domestically. 
• Legacy
• After German reunification in 1990, GUB was privatized, eventually becoming the luxury brand Glashütte Original in 1994, which continues the town's watchmaking heritage to this day. The Spezichron watches are now valued by collectors as interesting vintage pieces with a unique historical context from the Cold War era. 
• This Watch is an Honour gift ZK of the SED and it is Made in GDR -DDR East Germany.

HONOUR GIFT DESZK DERSED