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Gustav Becker

Tic Tac March 1, 2023

Gustav Becker (1819-1885) was one of the best German watchmakers, he being the founder of the Gustav Becker brand. He trained as a watchmaker in Germany and Austria, so in … Read More

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Slava – Glory

Tic Tac February 19, 2023

It all started on a holiday at my grandparents’, many years ago. Summer days, the freedom and curiosity of boundless exploration, without wasting that precious time from the big vacation … Read More

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The grandfather clock

Tic Tac February 16, 2023

The spring clock is a classic mechanical clock consisting of many cogwheels driven by the energy given by a spring. The spring, in turn, is energized by the manual twisting … Read More

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Spring clocks

Tic Tac February 9, 2023

Around 1500, in France, Italy and Germany, the weights needed to run clocks were replaced by springs. The invention was attributed to Peter Henlein, a German locksmith. He was the … Read More

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Please note that this brief history focuses on the Smiths as house watchmakers. The parent society had enormous ramifications (summarized to some extent in the origins chapter), but this history … Read More

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Mauthe – FMS

Tic Tac February 2, 2023

In 1844 Friedrich Mauthe and his wife Maria founded a company in Schwenningen to produce watch parts. In the late 1860s the Mauthes began producing their own wall clocks (and … Read More

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History of the JUNGHANS company

Tic Tac February 2, 2023

In 1860, the merchant Erhard Junghans, together with his brother Jakob Zeller-Tobler, founded an oil factory in Schramberg, which from an economic point of view was a failure. In 1861 … Read More

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