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Wall clock by Junghans Quartz, Finland, 1986?

DocumentedDocumented from the holding institution's catalogue record.
Maker / attribution
Junghans Quartz (movement)
Date
1986?
Historical period
Quartz Revolution (1969 – 1990)
Country of origin
Finland
Place
Finland?, Germany (movement)
Object type
Wall clock
Materials / technique
wood, glass, metal, plastic
Dimensions
lev. 43 cm; k. 36 cm; kellotaulun diam. 16 cm
Holding institution
Suomen Metsästysmuseo
Accession / object no.
MM 3352
Credit line
Suomen Metsästysmuseo (via Finna)
Catalogue title (original)
Kello; Seinäkello (Finnish)

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Record summary

Held and catalogued by Suomen Metsästysmuseo (object number MM 3352), this is a wall clock by Junghans Quartz, made in Finland?, Germany (movement), dated 1986?. The Atlas places it in the Quartz Revolution period (1969 – 1990) of its Clocks collection. Materials and techniques recorded by the source: wood, glass, metal, plastic. Recorded dimensions: lev. 43 cm; k. 36 cm; kellotaulun diam. 16 cm. The record is illustrated with 1 photograph.

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

Description — Suomen Metsästysmuseo

Ruskeaan puiseen kellon taustalevyyn on kiinnitetty päälle pyöreä kellotaulu, jossa on metallireunus ja lasi kellotaulun päällä. Kellon taustalevyyn on upotettu koristeeksi haulikon patruunoiden kantaosia. Taustalevyn kääntöpuolella on muovinen/metallinen kellon koneisto.

Shown in the original language of the source catalogue. An editor-reviewed English translation has not yet been published; we do not publish machine translations as authoritative text.

Inscriptions & marks

Haulikon patruunoiden kantaosissa on leimoja, muun muassa FIOCCHI ITALY ja Made in Hungary 12. Taustalevyn päällä on kirjaimet G W. Taustalevyn kääntöpuolella on teksti G W HELSINKI HELSINGFORS SUOMI FINLAND 1986.

Historical context

Quartz Revolution (1969 – 1990)

Seiko's Astron begins mass quartz timekeeping; traditional industries contract sharply.

Quartz movements and digital displays made accurate clocks cheap and ubiquitous after the early 1970s. LED and LCD clocks, clock radios and radio-controlled clocks appeared, while traditional mechanical clockmaking contracted sharply in Germany, France and Britain.

Read the period in the timelineMore clocks from this periodEarlier: Modern Mechanical Horology

Atlas type guide

Regulators, wall and Vienna clocks

A regulator is a precision pendulum clock used as a time standard in observatories, workshops and railway offices. Typical features are a deadbeat or Graham escapement, a temperature-compensated pendulum (mercury jar, gridiron or later invar), maintaining power and a regulator dial that separates hours, minutes and seconds. George Graham's deadbeat escapement (c. 1715) and his mercury pendulum, together with Harrison's gridiron, set the pattern for two centuries.

Wall clocks span a much wider range: the elegant Viennese Laterndluhr and Dachluhr of the Biedermeier period, the Dutch stoelklok and staartklok, English 'dial' clocks used in schools, offices and railway stations, and mass-produced spring and weight wall clocks from Germany (Gustav Becker, Junghans, Kienzle) and America.

What to look for

  • Deadbeat escapement and compensated pendulum (gridiron rods, mercury jar or wood rod).
  • A regulator dial with a large central minute hand and separate hour and seconds dials.
  • Vienna regulators: glazed cases, slender pendulum, small weights, enamel two-piece dials.
  • German factory trademarks stamped on the backplate (e.g. Gustav Becker anchor and crown, Junghans star).

Dating clues

  • Graham-type deadbeat regulators: from c. 1720.
  • Viennese Laterndluhr: c. 1800–1850.
  • German factory 'Vienna-style' regulators: c. 1870–1930; Gustav Becker serial numbers allow close dating.

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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