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Ansonia Clock Company USA Ansonia, Connecticut until 1879 Brooklyn, New York between 1879-1929 Above: Dial trade mark.

Badische Uhrenfabrik A G Furtwangen, Schwarzwald, Germany 1860-1918, factory closed1918 -1927, continued 1927-1945 Also used the trade mark "Joker" and/or a sailship on the paper label)

Gustav Becker Freiburg, Schlesien, Germany (later East Germany) 1.4 1847 - 1926 Joined Vereingte Freiburger Uhrfabriken A. G. (VFU) 1899 – 1924 together with many local smaller companies: - Ender & Co (founded 1865) - Germania (f. 1871) - Bölch & Jackel (f. 1871, cabinet maker) - Willmann & Co (f. 1872) - Sabarth (f. 1873) - Heize & Co (f. 1874, cabinet maker) - Concordia (f. 1881) - Kappel & Co (f. 1882) - Borrusia (f. 1888) - Carl Böhm (f. 1895) - Victoria (f. 1899, cabinet maker) VFU was bought by Junghans 1926. (1929 officially)

Berger & Würker, Leipzig Gross-Uhrebfabrik feiner Grossuhren. Founded 1.2.1885. Ref: Jürgen Abeler, Meister der Uhrmacherkunst 1977.

Drocourt, Pierre (father) Drocourt, Alfred (son) France ca. 1820 - 1900+

Jaeger-LeCoultre Antoine LeCoultre, Le Sentier, Switzerland ,1833 Trade marks for example ATMOS®

Junghans Brothers Gebr. Junghans Uhrenfabrik 1861 Erhard (†1876) and Xavier Junghans Schramberg, Schwarzwald, Germany Stock majority bought by Diehl Group in1956. Changed name to Junghans Uhren GmbH in 1985. First logo registered 1877

Logo on rear plate ca. 1888

”Lenzkirch” Aktiengesellschaft für Uhrenproduktion in Lenkirch Baden, Schwarzwald Germany. 31.8.1851 Merger with Gebrüder Junghans 1926. Trade mark ca. 1910.

Gebrüder Resch Ebensee, Austria Trade mark ”Remember”

Meiji Clock Company Nagoya, Japan MEIJI was located in Nagoya, Japan beginning around 1895. In addition to Seikosha, the Meiji (pronounced like MY GEE)Clock Company affiliated with the ANSONIA CLOCK COMPANY in New York to produce Ansonia type movements for their oriental clocks. Later, the Meiji Clock Company produced clocks and movements of the Ansonia style.

Schnekenbuger GmbH Reinhold Schnekenbuger Mühlheim / Donau - Germany Former Rupert Ammann (1867), several owner changes, sold to Reinhold Schnekenburger 1882, bankrupt 1900(?), taken over by by Uhrenfabrik Muller & CO, (below)

Uhrenfabrik Muller & Co. (U.M.) Muhlheim/Donau, Germany Former Reinhold Schnekenburger, Mühlheim, (see above). Bankrupt 1959.

Standard Electric Time Company Springfield, Massachusetts USA Electric time systems for public buildings, private industry, schools and other institutions. 7.2 1987 -

August Schatz & Söhne Jahresuhrenfabrik AG, Triburg, Schwartzwald Founded 1854 by August Schatz Registered 1881 as August Schatz & Söhne Manufacture of 400- and 1000-day anniversary clocks. Trademark ca. 1950

Kienzle Uhrenfabrik ™ from 1919-1929 Schwenningen, Germany 1822 Johannes Schlenker (†1864) 1883 Johannes Schlenker & Jacob Kienzle Merger with Thomas Haller 1929 Purchased by Highway Holdings, Hong Kong in 1997. Today Kienzle Time (HK) Ltd.

Schlenker & Kienzle (see above)

F. Kroeber (Florenz Kroeber) New York, NY, USA

Seth Thomas Plymouth, Connecticut, USA 1810 – 1931, when became a part of General Time Instruments

Seikosha Tokyo, Japan (predecessor of todays Seiko Corp.) Trade mark ca. 1910

No information.

Keininger und Obergfell Schwarzwald, Germany

Birge, Mallory and Co. Bristol, Connecticut, USA

Hamburg Amerikanische Uhrenfabrik Germany 1876 – 1883 Landenburger and Lang. 1883 – 1930 HAU/HAC (merger with Junghans 1926) Also: "HAC" (in USA) and "HAU" (in Germany)

Friedrich Mauthe Uhrenfabrik Schwenningen, Tyskland 1870-1976 From 1899 on made it’s own cabinets. Bankrupt 1976

Uhrenfabrik Etzold & Popit Germany, registered 27.3.1920 Trademark ”DUFA” and “ELITE”

Mathias Bäuerle St. Georgien, Schwarzwald, Germany, 1863Floor- and wall clocks from 1880. Trademark ”PEERLESS“ 1922. From 1924 also trademark ”EMBEE“.

Tobias Bäuerle St. Georgien, Schwarzwald, Tyskland Manufactured battery driven movements from 1906 for the company Schneider & Wesenfeld

BM&Co

ED. HEUER & Co. S.A. St. Imier, Bienne, Schweiz, founded 1860 by Edouard Heuer. Today TAG-Heuer.

Winterhalder & Hofmeier Uhrenfabrik, Neustadt-Schwarzenbach, Germany -1933, Trademark ”HAWINA” from 1925 Anton Winterhalder married the daughter of Johan Hofmeier and established a factory in Neustadt 1895. Four of Antons sons followed their father each having his own factory with Linus Winterhalder co-ordinating. Trademark also text ”W.& H. Sch” (sometimes in a square).

Em. Wehrle & Comp. Schonenbach, Furtwangen, Germany (Emilian) Trompeteruhrenfabrikation, Emilian Wehrle (1832-1896) made musical clocks in the Furtwangen-Schonenbach area from about 1857 until his death in 1896. These musical clocks included the Trumpeter clock, Flute clock, Singing Bird Clock, and Rooster Clock.

Waterbury Clock Co., Connecticut, USA 1857-1944. Paper label inside the clock

Waltham USA

Adolf Stern, Wien Trade mark in an alarm clock. These clocks were produced by the Hamburg-Amerikanishe Uhrenfabrik in Schramberg (Black Forest) for the company Adolf Stern in Vienna.

Friedrich Ernst Benzing Kontrolluhrenfabrik, Scwhenningen, Württemberg, Germany. 1920-1931(?) Time control and watchman clocks.

Bernard Paschen Hagen, Westfalia, Germany, f 1876 Trademarks “Harmonie” and “Nora”

Philip Haas & Söhne St. Georgen, Schwarzwald. f. 1831. Dissolved 1920. Black Forrest high quality cuckoo clocks ™ “HAAS” and American style shelf clocks.

Suevia GmbH Sindelfingen, Germany Suevia clock Factory

Unkown factory. No data available.

Schlencker–Grusen Uhrenfabrik Schwenningen an Neckar, Germany Founded in 1888. 1895 new factory. Clock parts, watchman clocks etc. Trademark “Isgus” registered 1915.

Unkown factory. No data available.

Uhrenfabrik vorm. L. Furtwängler & Söhne Founded 1836 by Lorenz. His sons Theophil, Hector, Oscar and Adolf joined the company in 1868. Makers of top precision clocks. Operations ceased in 1929 due to fierce competition and mass production.

Werner C. Uhrenfabrik Villingen, Baden,Schwarzwald, Germany Also ”Regulator-fabrik” and Werner-Werke” Founded in 1870 by Carl Werner, later run by his sons Carl jr. and Hermann. Speciality: Taximeters, continued production by Kienzle. Trademark “KONKURRENZ”

Kraft-Behrens Leipzig, Germany Founded 1891 by Adolph Kraft-Behrens All kinds of household clocks. Speciality: Jugend style clocks.

Concordia Freiburg, Schlesia, Germany

Hermle Franz Hermle und Söhne Germany

E. Ingraham Co. Bristol, Connecticut, USA

Kilbourne & Proctor Inc. Massachusetts, USA Banjo clock movements used by other case makers.

Gebrüder Wilde Villingen, Neckar, Germany

N.E. Welch USA