Years later, a Gruen advertisement told how вЂњone word from a woman's lipвЂќ (PaulineвЂ™s вЂњyesвЂќ to DietrichвЂ™s marriage proposal) changed horological history.Дietrich and Pauline's first son, Frederick G. Louis, Cincinnati and Columbus, Dietrich married Pauline in 1869, moved to Delaware, Ohio, and went to work for her father. One brother had been killed in 1863, in the American Civil War.Дuring his visit, Dietrich met and fell in love with Pauline Wittlinger, a schoolteacher and the daughter of a Delaware, Ohio watchmaker. following his three brothers, who had immigrated several years earlier. He was an apprentice to a watchmaker named Martens in Friedburg, Germany, and also worked in the towns of Carlsruhe, Wiesbaden and Lode. After attending both public and private schools, at age 15 he was sent away from home to learn the watchmaking trade.

(Image courtesy of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.)Дietrich Gruen (originally spelled 'GrГјn') was born in Osthofen, Germany in 1847. TВ HВ E GВ RВ UВ EВ N WВ AВ TВ CВ H CВ OВ MВ PВ AВ NВ Y 1867 - 1894ДЄlthough the Gruen Watch Company was founded in 1894, the company later traced its history back to 1874, following the early career of its founder.Дietrich Gruen (1847-1911), founder of the Columbus Watch Company and co-founder (with his oldest son) of the Gruen Watch Company this engraving was printed in 1891. Gruen Watch Company history: 1867-1894: The Columbus Watch Company

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