improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message wellendorff gold creationen gmbh & co. kg 1 type family owned industry ordinary jewellery founded 1893 headquarters pforzheim germany area served worldwide products jewellery number of employees 80 website www.wellendorff.com founder ernst alexander wellendorff wellendorff is a family owned german manufacturer of jewellery headquartered in pforzheim baden w rttemberg . the company rose to fame on the strength of its rope necklace and coloured spinning rings now known as the brand s classic items . history edit wellendorff boutique at the kadewe berlin the manufactory was established in pforzheim in 1893 by ernst alexander wellendorff the business is now run by his great great grandchildren . e. a. wellendorff trained at the grand duchy of baden arts college in pforzheim graduating with top marks . the proximity to baden baden where german nobility and the international aristocracy gathered to take the waters played a part in the rapid rise of this self employed designer and goldsmith . his excellent goldsmith work and artistic skills soon brought him to the attention of clients in russia and england . 2 his son alex wellendorff rebuilt the manufactory after it was totally destroyed in the second world war . in 1960 hanspeter wellendorff son of dr. alex wellendorff and grandson of ernst alexander became the company s managing director . citation needed example of a wellendorff rope the classic wellendorff rope first appeared in 1978 . to this day it is made in essentially the same way . to make a collier a goldsmith requires a solid gold wire roughly as long as two football field 160 m . 3 since 1993 the manufactory has achieved notable successes with its collection of cold enamel jewellery especially rings . another special feature of these rings is that they revolve within themselves . 4 among the most popular items are the rings of the year . the first ring of the year was called hong kong ; it appeared in 1997 to mark the uk s handing over of the former crown colony to china . every year since a limited edition ring of the year with select motif has appeared . citation needed to this day the manufactory works exclusively with 18 carat gold set with precious gemstones . citation needed there are wellendorff boutiques in kadewe berlin hotel adlon berlin in frankfurt am main mainz stuttgart hong kong tokyo munich d sseldorf vienna san francisco las vegas luxemburg and beijing . munich airport shop is one of the outlet stores all items are sold with huge discounts . references edit imprint of own website wellendorff.com accessed last 19 february 2012 article about the enterprise wellendorff at robbreport.com last accessed 19 february 2012 frankfurter allgemeine zeitung ein zehnmal gespaltenes haar in gold german a ten times split hair in gold accessed last 19 february 2012 1 article about jewelry of wellendorff at affluentmagazine.com accessed last 19 february 2012 external links edit wellendorff official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wellendorff & oldid 729142721 categories companies of germanyhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2012all articles with a promotional tonewikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from november 2012use dmy dates from october 2014all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 10 july 2016 at 05 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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