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Kallinich Claeys

Kallinich Claeys is a watch brand operated under the publicly disclosed name Kallinich Claeys GmbH in Glashütte. 12

This profile covers the maker’s identity, history and documented work. A complete model catalogue is being researched separately.

At a glance

Subject
Confirmed Watch Brand 12
First documented date
2021 — Johannes’s pre-brand Meisterwerk 3
Documented work
EINSER Zentralsekunde 45
Documented work
Meisterwerk 3

What is actually in-house at Kallinich Claeys

Deployant describes calibre KC001.1 as a newly developed movement with in-house machining and two-stage assembly; the report identifies direct communications with the makers. The same report names RP Uhrgehäuse for cases, Cador for chapter-ring work and Helmut Wagner for engraving, with externally milled hands finished by the atelier. 5

Renders, prototypes and delivered watches are three different milestones

EINSER Zentralsekunde progressed from 2022 renders to working prototypes in 2024; a 2025 workshop visit reported initial deliveries. The 2025 workshop report describes Founders-series customer prepayments and supplier constraints during the business’s early development. 45

People, production and attribution

Kallinich Claeys is a watch brand operated under the publicly disclosed name Kallinich Claeys GmbH in Glashütte. The official account dates founding to August 2022 and names Johannes Kallinich and Thibault Claeys as co-founders.

The legal disclosure names Johannes Kallinich as managing director and gives Dresden commercial-register number HRB 46468. The brand biography dates Johannes’s arrival at A. Lange & Söhne to 2013 and his leadership of its Lange 1 department to 2016. 123

Continuity and the record today

Current brand pages identify Johannes as leader and Marie Kallinich as head of finishing from early 2024; they do not establish Claeys’s current equity or employment status. Meisterwerk is identified as Johannes’s 2021 master-work project, preceding the 2022 brand rather than a Kallinich Claeys commercial launch.

The brand offers a documented case of independent Glashütte movement development that still relies on specialist outside suppliers. 3254

Key dates

  1. 2021

    Johannes’s pre-brand Meisterwerk

    Meisterwerk is identified as Johannes’s 2021 master-work project, preceding the 2022 brand rather than a Kallinich Claeys commercial launch. 3

  2. 2022-08

    Brand founded

    The official account dates founding to August 2022 and names Johannes Kallinich and Thibault Claeys as co-founders. 32

  3. 2024

    Working EINSER prototypes

    EINSER Zentralsekunde progressed from 2022 renders to working prototypes in 2024; a 2025 workshop visit reported initial deliveries. 45

  4. 2025

    Initial deliveries reported in workshop visit

    EINSER Zentralsekunde progressed from 2022 renders to working prototypes in 2024; a 2025 workshop visit reported initial deliveries. 45

Ownership and continuity

Kallinich Claeys is a watch brand operated under the publicly disclosed name Kallinich Claeys GmbH in Glashütte. 12

Watchmakers and designers linked to Kallinich Claeys

These people have a sourced relationship to this brand in the Enjoy Watches register. The label beside each name states the relationship recorded; it should not be read as a broader employment or ownership claim.

Identification and service

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Evidence and limits

How the claims are supported
  1. verified fact

    Kallinich Claeys is a watch brand operated under the publicly disclosed name Kallinich Claeys GmbH in Glashütte.

  2. verified fact

    The official account dates founding to August 2022 and names Johannes Kallinich and Thibault Claeys as co-founders.

  3. verified fact

    The legal disclosure names Johannes Kallinich as managing director and gives Dresden commercial-register number HRB 46468.

  4. source stated claim

    The brand biography dates Johannes’s arrival at A. Lange & Söhne to 2013 and his leadership of its Lange 1 department to 2016.

  5. reasonable inference

    Current brand pages identify Johannes as leader and Marie Kallinich as head of finishing from early 2024; they do not establish Claeys’s current equity or employment status.

  6. verified fact

    EINSER Zentralsekunde progressed from 2022 renders to working prototypes in 2024; a 2025 workshop visit reported initial deliveries.

  7. source stated claim

    Deployant describes calibre KC001.1 as a newly developed movement with in-house machining and two-stage assembly; the report identifies direct communications with the makers.

  8. source stated claim

    The same report names RP Uhrgehäuse for cases, Cador for chapter-ring work and Helmut Wagner for engraving, with externally milled hands finished by the atelier.

  9. verified fact

    Meisterwerk is identified as Johannes’s 2021 master-work project, preceding the 2022 brand rather than a Kallinich Claeys commercial launch.

  10. source stated claim

    The 2025 workshop report describes Founders-series customer prepayments and supplier constraints during the business’s early development.

  11. reasonable inference

    The brand offers a documented case of independent Glashütte movement development that still relies on specialist outside suppliers.

Known limits

  • Who holds shares and voting control, and what is Claeys’s present role?
  • How many watches have actually been delivered by the research date?
  • This identity dossier is not a complete catalogue of every watch or reference.

Direct sources

  1. Legal DisclosureKallinich Claeys GmbH · official website · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Issuer legal disclosure, including register number; registry extract itself was not retrieved.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  2. Kallinich ClaeysKallinich Claeys · official website · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Relevant identity/history passages read; not a registry audit or review of every linked page.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  3. Our StoryKallinich Claeys · official website · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Relevant identity/history passages read; not a registry audit or review of every linked page.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  4. A Visit to Glashütte’s Newest IndependentUnpolished Watches · original workshop visit · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Relevant identity/history passages read; not a registry audit or review of every linked page.. External source.

  5. New watch brand alert: Kallinich Claeys releases EINSER ZentralsekundeDeployant · original report with maker interviews · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Author identifies maker email/WhatsApp communications and brand-supplied images; named suppliers are reported, not independently audited.. External source.

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