The Junghans watch factory came into being in 1861.Businessman Erhard Junghans founded the company in Schramberg, a small town in the Black Forest, together with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler.Following the registration as early as 1877 of the first factory trademark, "eagle with flag", the JUNGHANS trademark, a clock cogwheel fashioned into a eight-pointed star, became the brand symbol in 1890.
Once the factory and the equipment were set up, Gerhard focused on running the business, his brother Xaver lead the production of clock cases and a professional clockmaker was hired to oversee the production of movements.
After Erhard's death in 1870, the company was run by his sons Arthur and Erhard Jr.
And if it doesn't come out right could it look worse than it does now. That means it chimes out the notes to the tune every quarter hour.
My room mate has offered to fix it but it looks like a tough job to match the color and texture.
At first, they specialized in manufacturing individual parts for watch production.
The precision of Junghans work quickly became synonymous with outstanding quality of manufacturing, and the foundation was laid for a complete watchmaking enterprise.By 1861, Erhard Junghans had set aside capital to start his own business producing accessories for clocks and subsequently complete clocks.He enlisted his brother Xaver, a cabinetmaker then living in America, to acquire the assembly-line machinery for making clock parts.Junghans Microtec is located in the small town of Dunningen-Seedorf close to Schramberg. The small German tank Wiesel AWC uses the Junghans fuse MFZ/M as a standard performance.Hello, The number scratched on the plates is a 9 digit U. Andy Dervan Actually, it's not clear that Junghans ever used serial numbers. If you can find a real movement serial number, there might be published by someone on the internet a table of Junghans production serial numbers and dates.