Slava – Glory
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
Tag: clock
Candle clocks, hourglasses and monks
Our modern system of using a base 60 time system, meaning a clock with 60 minute 60 second increments, dates back to 2,000 BC. Candles were also used to measure … Read More
History of the pendulum clock
A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, an oscillating weight, as a timekeeping element. From its invention in 1656 by Christiaan Huygens until the 1930s, the pendulum … Read More
Mauthe and Hermle
In 1974, Mauthe was still struggling to survive: watch production had already stopped, even efforts to build its own quartz movement. Mauthe only made alarm mechanisms and the electromechanical mechanisms … Read More
