Encyclopedia of makers
Watchmakers, clockmakers & manufacturers
77 individuals, workshops and companies across nine centuries and four continents — each linked to the objects, mechanisms and calibres attributed to them.
9 shown
Mathematical instrument maker
Erasmus Habermel
Prague · c. 1538–1606
Clockmaker / instrument maker / mathematician
Jost Bürgi
Kassel; Prague · 1552–1632
Clockmaker / electrical engineer
Matthias Hipp
Reutlingen; Bern; Neuchâtel · 1813–1893
Precision clock manufacturer
Clemens Riefler
Nesselwang; Munich · 1841
Manufacturer
A. Lange & Söhne
Glashütte, Saxony · 1845
Manufacturer
Lenzkirch
Lenzkirch, Black Forest · 1851
Manufacturer
Junghans
Schramberg, Black Forest · 1861
Watchmaking school
German Watchmaking School Glashütte
Glashütte, Saxony · 1878
Manufacturer
Kienzle
Schwenningen · 1883