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Gustav becker wall clock history.
He won at clock fairs in london paris sydney melbourne berlin and amsterdam.
A short history of clockmaking.
Becker clocks are not too difficult to identify.
Any clocks that were powered by the spring driven mechanism were made after 1880.
In 1850 thoroughly trained in clockmaking in germany and in vienna he established a small clockmaking shop in freiburg silesia not the black forest freiburg.
Pre 1880 models were weight driven regulator wall clocks.
Becker s clocks bear his trademark and serial number on the dial and weights are usually marked with his initials.
Gustav becker from the 1910 awesome clock with gb on pendulum and clock.
1850 1860 1863 1865 1867 1872 1875 1880 1885 1890 1892 1900 1913 1923 1925 1926 1927 1935.
In the 1860s he began to create the classical gustav becker clocks.
Gustav becker serial numbers.
Starting from fairly simple clocks the clocks became complex and very ornamental and sales rose to a peak in 1875 with over 300 000 clock orders.
Gustav becker factory workers.
Gustav becker clocks are highly desirable to collectors and models that were produced during becker s lifespan are considerably more expensive.
Gustav becker clocks are easy to identify.
Gustav becker clock history.
History of clocks and clockmakers.