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  2. Gustav Becker - Wikipedia

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    A Gustav Becker clock. Gustav Eduard Becker (May 2, 1819 in Oels , Silesia - September 17, 1885 in Berchtesgaden ) was a German clockmaker and founder of the brand Gustav Becker. [ 1 ]

  3. List of clock manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Gustav Becker Clock Company; Freiburg in Schlesien, Silesia (1850–1938) Florn; Thomas Haller (Thomas Haller AG), Schwenningen (1880-1900) then merged with Junghans; Thomas Ernst Haller (Haller AG), Schwenningen (1902-1928) then merged with Kienzle; Haller Uhrenfabrik GmbH, Simonswald (1874–present)

  4. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    founder of the clock company Bürk. Gustav Eduard Becker (1819–1885), German clockmaker from Schlesien, founder of the Gustav Becker clock company. Eduard Phillips (1821–1889), French mathematician, Paris, precision adjustment, compensating balance wheels. Johann Ignaz Fuchs (1821–1893), German mechanic and clockmaker, Bernburg, Turmuhren.

  5. Category:German clockmakers - Wikipedia

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  6. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The invention of the verge and foliot escapement in c.1275 [87] was one of the most important inventions in both the history of the clock [88] and the history of technology. [89] It was the first type of regulator in horology. [6] A verge, or vertical shaft, is forced to rotate by a weight-driven crown wheel, but is stopped from rotating freely ...

  7. German Clock Museum - Wikipedia

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    A wooden clock face with a white background and colourfully painted motif decorated the Black Forest clocks during the whole of the 19th century. With a colourless, protective varnish the clock faces were resistant to moisture and dirt. From the second half of the 18th century, the varnished plate clock (Lackschilduhr) dominated the European ...

  8. Becker - Wikipedia

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    Gustav Becker (1819–1885), German clockmaker and businessman Gustavo Adolfo Becker (born 1966), Spanish high jumper Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870), Spanish poet

  9. Clock - Wikipedia

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    An analog pendulum clock made around 18th century. A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time.The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year.