Junghans

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Coordinates: 48°13′21″N 8°22′44″E / 48.22250°N 8.37889°E / 48.22250; 8.37889

Junghans

Type	GmbH & Co. KG
Industry	Watch manufacturing
Founded	1861
Headquarters	Schramberg , Germany
Key people	Matthias Stotz (CEO)
Products	Wristwatches, accessories
Website	https://www.junghans.de/

Junghans Uhren GmbH is a German watch and clock manufacturer. Junghans had the largest watch and clock factory with over 3000 employees in the year 1903.^[1] The company is located in the district of Rottweil, in a town called Schramberg, Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany.

History[]

On 15 April 1861 Erhard Junghans created the company Junghans und Tobler together with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler in Schramberg.^[2]

The company began to produce wristwatches in 1927. Beginning in the 1950s, the Bauhaus designer Max Bill created clocks and watches for Junghans and the relationship lasted many years. A remarkable example of his work is a wall clock he designed in 1956–57 that is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. In 1962 Bill also created mechanical wristwatches for Junghans. They were the official timekeeper for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

In the late 1980s, Junghans introduced the first radio-controlled table clock on the world market. In 1990 the first radio-controlled wristwatch, called the MEGA 1, followed. In 1995 Junghans presented a solar-powered watch with ceramic housing. Together with the Japanese clock maker Seiko, Junghans developed a globally-oriented wristwatch that automatically sets the local time in respective time zones.^{[citation needed]}

Junghans defence industry[]

The first radio-controlled wristwatch

digital	analog
Junghans MEGA 1	JUNGHANS MEGA

The Junghans Microtec GmbH produces fuze-technology for artillery, mortar, medium-calibre, tanks, anti-tank and cruise missiles. Junghans Microtec is located in the small town of Dunningen-Seedorf close to Schramberg. The company produces fuses for 76 mm to 203 mm. The small German tank Wiesel AWC uses the Junghans fuse MFZ/M as a standard performance.^[3]

In December 2010 WikiLeaks posted documents from US anti-terror officials, which said that the production facilities of Junghans Microtec GmbH would be endangered by terrorist attacks.^[4]

Junghans clock examples[]

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  Pendulum box clock
  ca. 1886

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  Junghans kitchen clock, 1956

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  Stopwatch, 1960s

See also[]

• List of German watchmakers
• Nomos Glashütte
• Glashütte Original

References[]

External links[]

• Junghans Germany
• Junghans America
• Documents and clippings about Junghans in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW