Danuvia, fully known as Danuvia Engineering Industries Rt. (Hungarian: Danuvia Gépgyár – Danuvia Machinery Factory) was a Hungarian manufacturer founded in 1920 that produced firearms, ammunition, machine tools and motorcycles for the armies and markets of Central and Eastern Europe. Danuvia was founded on 4 June 1920, by the Hungarian government, as an alternative to […]
Old watches are in high demand. They are also hundreds of years old. Old watches are expensive even if they are not in good condition. The oldest watch manufacturer is of course a Swiss brand. The company was founded by the watchmaker Humbertus Gallet, who received citizenship in Switzerland in 1466. Already in 1702, the […]
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 clock was the most accurate timekeeper in the world. Pendulum clocks had to be stationary and level (mounted perfectly straight) to work. Any movement or […]
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 were bought from Junghans. The production of clock movements was apparently already stopped in 1974 and Mauthe bought clock movements from Hermle. We know that […]
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