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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Schramberg, Germany

Junghans

Partially verified

Volume clock and watch production in the Black Forest tradition

History

Junghans industrialised Black Forest clockmaking, becoming one of the largest clock producers in the world by the early twentieth century and later adding watch calibres and precision timing work.

Major innovations

  • Large-scale mechanised clock movement production

Known markings

  • Eight-pointed star trademark
  • Movement plate stamps with model codes

Serial numbers

Clock movements are dated mainly by trademark variants and movement stamps rather than continuous serial tables.

Collecting significance

Trademark form and movement stamps are the practical dating tools for Black Forest clocks.

Photographs

Junghans Mega
Junghans Mega — J. Lunau, CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Junghans Additionsstoppuhr, 1960er-Jahre (2 qu)
Junghans Additionsstoppuhr, 1960er-Jahre (2 qu) — Lothar Spurzem, CC BY-SA 2.0 de. Wikimedia Commons file page
Junghans Armbanduhr 1950 (2)
Junghans Armbanduhr 1950 (2) — Lothar Spurzem, CC BY-SA 2.0 de. Wikimedia Commons file page

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Furtwangen
  2. Published trademark reference tables

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.