Manufacturer
Kienzle
Also recorded as: Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik · Kienzle Uhrenfabriken · Kienzle Apparate GmbH · Schlenker & Kienzle
Schwenningen clock and watch manufacturer, later also a maker of taximeters and tachographs.
Jakob Kienzle joined the Schlenker clock factory in Schwenningen in 1883 and built it into one of Germany's largest clock makers, producing alarm, mantel and wall clocks and later inexpensive wristwatches. Kienzle Apparate, a related company, made taximeters and vehicle tachographs.
- Country
- Germany
- City / centre
- Schwenningen
- Founded
- 1883
- Status
- Historical firm (brand continued)
- Key people
- Jakob Kienzle (1859–1935)
Innovations & specialities
- Mass-produced alarm and wall clocks
- Taximeters and tachographs
Works by Kienzle in the catalogue
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Clocks · 1900–1999
Clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Switzerland, 1900–1999
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1900–1999
Table clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1900–1999 (German Clock Museum Museu_ProvidedCHO_museum_digital_59711__technical_number_)
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1900
Wall clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1900 (German Clock Museum Museu_ProvidedCHO_museum_digital_57863__technical_number_)
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1930
Clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1930
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1936
Table clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1936
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1950
Clock by Kienzle Apparate GmbH, Germany, 1950
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1957
Clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1957
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1960
Wall clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1960
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1969
Clock by VDO, Germany, 1969
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1972
Alarm clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1972
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1975
Wall clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1975 (German Clock Museum Museu_ProvidedCHO_museum_digital_59423__technical_number_)
German Clock Museum
Clocks · 1986
Wall clock by Kienzle - Uhrenfabrik, Germany, 1986 (German Clock Museum Museu_ProvidedCHO_museum_digital_59342__technical_number_)
German Clock Museum
Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
