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Clock by Großherzoglich Badische Uhrmacherschule, c. 1852
- Maker / attribution
- Großherzoglich Badische Uhrmacherschule (Maker); Lorenz Furtwängler Uhrenfabrik (Maker)
- Date
- c. 1852
- Historical period
- Industrial Revolution (1850 – 1900)
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Object type
- Clock
- Dimensions
- Höhe: 44.00 cm, Breite: 32.00 cm, Tiefe: 14.50 cm
- Holding institution
- German Clock Museum
- Accession / object no.
- 2017-015 (inventory number) 58000 (technical number)
- Credit line
- German Clock Museum
- Catalogue title (original)
- Musteruhr, Uhrmacherschule Furtwangen, um 1852 (German)
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Record summary
Held and catalogued by German Clock Museum (object number 2017-015 (inventory number) 58000 (technical number)), this is a clock by Großherzoglich Badische Uhrmacherschule, made in Germany, dated c. 1852. The Atlas places it in the Industrial Revolution period (1850 – 1900) of its Movements & Components collection. Recorded dimensions: Höhe: 44.00 cm, Breite: 32.00 cm, Tiefe: 14.50 cm. The record is illustrated with 5 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Catalogue description from German Clock Museum
Eine Schwarzwälder Achttage-Uhr. Nicht ungewöhnlich oder doch? Diese Uhr wurde nicht für den Verkauf hergestellt, sondern als Vorbild für Uhrmacher. Es ist die Normaluhr 5a, gebaut von Lorenz Furtwängler im Auftrag der 1850 eröffneten Großherzoglich Badischen Uhrenmacherschule in Furtwangen. Ein Ziel von Direktor Robert Gerwig war es, die mannigfache Verschiedenheit in dem Baue sonst gleichartiger Uhren zu beseitigen. Dazu ließ er Musteruhren entwickeln, die im Gewerbeblatt für den Schwarzwald abgebildet und beschrieben wurden. Auch schickte die Schule Musteruhren als Vorbilder an verschiedene Gemeinden. Doch dort fanden diese nur wenig Anklang. Die Schwarzwälder Uhrmacher hielten lieber an ihrer herkömmlichen Arbeitsweise fest. Heute ist diese Musteruhr von Lorenz Furtwängler ein interessantes Objekt. Sie zeigt uns den damals neusten Stand der Technik und der Herstellung von Schwarzwalduhren. (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Furtwangen)
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Historical context
Industrial Revolution (1850 – 1900)
American interchangeable-parts manufacture; railroad time standards; Swiss and German factory systems.
Standardised calibres, interchangeable parts and machine tools allowed movements to be mass-produced in American and Swiss factories.
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Atlas type guide
Clock and watch movements
The movement is the mechanism of a clock or watch, without its case and dial. It consists of the power source (weight or mainspring in its barrel, sometimes with a fusee), the going train of wheels and pinions, the escapement and oscillator, the motion work that drives the hands, and in many cases additional trains for striking or complications.
From the eighteenth century watch movements were increasingly produced in stages: Swiss and French ébauche makers supplied rough movements that finishers, repasseurs and retailers completed and signed. Calibre numbers — first used systematically by American and Swiss factories in the nineteenth century — make it possible to identify movements, find spare parts and date watches.
What to look for
- Plate and bridge layout: full plate, three-quarter plate, Lépine bar calibre, bridges and cocks.
- Jewel count and whether jewels are set in chatons or rubbed in.
- Signatures, calibre and serial numbers on the plate or under the dial.
- Finishing: Geneva stripes (Côtes de Genève), perlage, bevelled edges, blued screws.
- Fusee and chain, going barrel, or electrical components.
Dating clues
- Full-plate English movements dominate before c. 1850; three-quarter plate and Lépine calibres after.
- Jewelled movements spread after Facio and Debaufre's patent of 1704, mainly in English work until c. 1800.
- Calibre numbers and factory serials allow close dating for industrial production after c. 1850.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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