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Latest Update: Nov 5, 2025 Contents Section 1 History of the 400-Day Clock Note: This section of the guide has some interesting history that warrants further review. It is a good starting point, but there are several major inaccuracies that need to be addressed, along with a few typos. Change: "Zwitung" to "Zeitung" Page 8, Column 2, last para: There is no evidence that Anton Harder had any contact or knowledge of the activities of Lorenz Jehlin until he applied for a patent for his own torsion clock in July 1878. Harder was denied the patent for a torsion pendulum but awarded No. 7543 for the design of his clock. Harder withdrew his patent request and his lawyers later acquired the rights to patent 2437 from Jehlin's estate in 1880. Note: The best source of information on this subject is found in the article Jehlin's Two Patents & Harder's Own Story by Douglas K. Stevenson, NAWCC Watch & Clock Bulletin, Aug 2010. Page 9, Column 2, para 2: The firm Gershon Wintermantle and Co (GW & Cie), later Jahresuhrenfabrik (JUF), was started in Feb 1881 from a group of workers from the firm of Michael Bob after the owner's death in 1880. Wintermantle, August Schatz, and their two other partners purchased Bob's tooling and materials and set up shop in Triberg building weight driven regulators. In late 1881 another clockmaker working with Anton Harder, a Mr. Siedle, contacted The Wintermantle Co. to see if they could adapt the Graham escapement to the Harder clock. Wintermantle & Co. made torsion clocks for Harder, in addition to their own clocks, until 1883 when the Harder patents were sold to F.A.L. de Gruyter. Afterward they made only torsion clocks. The company changed their name to Jahresuhrenfabrik (Year Clock Factory) in 1884. Note: From the diary of August Schatz, Schatz 100 Years Jahresuhren-Fabrik GmbH Aug. Schatz & Söhne, A History of the firm 1881-1981. Page 10, Column 1, last para: Delete paragraph. The first 400 day clocks with pin pallet escapements and lantern pinions were made by the Andreas Huber Co. after 1911. The 3-ball pendulum (Section 13, pend 28) was also made by Huber. Page 10, Column 2, first para: Delete: Badische Uhrenfabrik, Phil Hauck, Andreas Huber, and Ideal Clock Co. Note: Badische Uhrenfabrik started making torsion pendulum wall clocks under British Patent No. 7059 in 1904 as stated above. They sold clocks made by Jahresuhrenfabrik and Philipp Hauck bearing their "Crescent B" logo during that same time. After 1915 they sold clocks using Huber lantern pinion movements, but they did not make the clocks. Page 11, Column 1, para 6: Delete: Kieninger & Obergfell, and Wintermantel Uhrenfabrik Note: Kienninger und Obergfell (Kundo) began as a clock parts factory run by Johann Obergfell in 1899 in St. Georgen. Obergfell is credited with invention of the straight rod gong for clocks, DRGM 108469, in 1899. Obergfell partnered with George Kienninger in 1918 (forming Kundo) and began making 400 day clocks in 1923. Change: "Phillipp Haas" to "Philipp Hauck" Note: Phillipp Haas & Söhne (PHS) did not make any 400-day clocks. All references to Phillipp Haas in this guide should be changed to Philipp Hauck. Add: Wilhelm Würth Page 11, Column 1, para 7: Change: "Jahresuhrenfabrik 1905 catalog" to "Jahres-uhr catalog" Page 14, column 1, para 3: Pendulum guide cups were introduced by Kundo in 1933. Section 3 History of Striking 400-Day Clocks Page 22, Column 1, para 1: Change: "STRIKING" to "STRIKE" Para 2: Change: "Schneckenburger" to "Schnekenburger" (two places) Footnote 1 Change: "1473" to "1473A" Footnote 2 Delete Page 23, Column 2:Change: "1905" to "1910" Note: The most comprehensive volume on the subject of torsion strikers is The Collectors Guide to German Torsion Pendulum Striking Clocks, also by Mun Chor Weng, 2025. Section 6 Some Outstanding Pre-World War I 400-Day Clocks Note: Many of the clocks illustrated in this section were part of CharlesTerwilliger's personal collection. Those clocks were first shown with descriptions in Terwilliger's book The Horolovar Collection, published in 1962. Current research has shown that many of the descriptions of the clocks, and other information contained in the book are inacurate. Much of that information made its way into the current (1991) repair guide, errors and all. A look at The Horolovar Collection is useful in that it shows the back plates of the clocks where other identifying features can be seen and corrections can be made. For those who are interested, Horolovar Collection clocks will be called out with their number from that text. For example HC-1 would mean clock No.1 from the collection. Change "Pre-World War I" to "Pre-World War II" Note: This sections shows clocks made and sold before and after WWI, but before WWII. Page 34 Clock 5 Change: "unknown" to "GW & Cie" Clock 9 Change: Plate "1475" to"1597" Note: Plate 1597 is the drawing of the actual plate for this clock, as can be seen in the Horolovar Collection. Page 35 Clock 10 Add: "HC-6" Clock 11 Add: "HC-34" Clock 12 Change: Plate "1055" to "1047" Clock 13 Change: "Hass" to "Hauck" Clock 15 Add: "HC-43" Clock 18 Add: "HC-45" Clock 19 Add: "HC-22" Note: This round movement with Plate 1631 has not been shown conclusively as having been made by JUF. Quite possibly Philipp Hauck is the maker. Clock 20 Change: Plate "1617" to "1260" Note: Clock 20 lists plate 1617 which is an early numbered JUF plate (c1906). Fortunately this clock is number 12 from the Horolovar Collection, and in that book the correct plate can be seen as 1260. Clock 20 is also a marriage of the JUF movement and pendulum with the base from a Huber/Badishe (200/201 from the Badishe 1924-25 catalog). Clock 21 Add: "HC-46" Pages 36-37 Note: The "1905 Jahresuhrenfabrik Catalog" referenced on these pages contains many clocks not made or sold by Jahresuhrenfabrik. The current belief is that the catalog is more likely a jobber's or wholesaler's catalog. Also the date associated with the catalog (1905) pre-dates by several years some of the items shown therein. Page 38 Clock 46 Add: "HC-32" Clock 47 Change: Plate "1595" to "1617" Clock 48 Add: "HC-20" Clock 49 Change: "Unknown" to "Gebr. Junghans" Clock 50 Add: "HC-24" Clock 51 Change: "Jahresuhrenfabrik" to "Wilhelm Würth" Clock 52 Add: "HC-18" Clock 54 Add: "HC-8" Clock 56 Change: "Kienzle Clock Factories" to "Wilhelm Würth" Page 39 Clock 57 Change: "Unknown" to "Wilhelm Würth" Clock 58 Change: "Phillipp Haas" to "Philipp Hauck" Clock 60 Add: "HC-16" Clock 61 Change: "Kienzle Clock Factories" to "Wilhelm Würth" Clock 63 Add: "HC-47" Clock 66 Change: "Phillipp Haas" to "Philipp Hauck" Clock 67 Add: "HC-44 Clock 68 Add: "HC-30" Page 40 Clock 69 Change: "Badische Uhrenfabrik" to "Kienzle Click Factories" Clock 70 Change: Plate "1621" to "1415" Clock 71 Add: "HC-37" Clock 72 Change: Plate "1610" to "1051A" Clock 73 Change: "Unknown" to "Jahresuhrenfabrik" Clock 75 Change: "Kieninger & Obergfell" to "Schlenker & Posner" Clock 76 Change: "Jahresuhrenfabrik" to "Philipp Hauck" Clock 77 Add: "HC-39" Clock 78 Add: "HC-41" Clock 79 Add: "HC-42" Clock 80 Add: "HC-40" Clock 81 Change: "Phillipp Haas" to "Philipp Hauck" Clock 82 Add: "HC-15" Clock 83 Change: "Phillipp Haas" to "Philipp Hauck" Clock 84 Change: Plate "1009" to "1007" Clock 85 Add: "HC-14" Clock 86 Note: This it the Schatz Jubilee clock for their 100th anniversary. Clocks were made by Kern and Sohne. Clock 87 Change: Plate "1597" to "1599A" Clock 88 Change: "Phillipp Haas" to "Philipp Hauck" Section 9 400-Day Clock Back Plate Illustrations Page 70, Column 2, para 2, last sentence: Change: "have not been identified" to "were granted to the Andreas Huber Co. in 1911 and 1912 for the use of lantern pinions and pin pallet escapements in torsion pendulum clocks." Page 73 Plate 1007 Philipp Hauck c1905-1906 Plate 1007A Wilhelm Würth & Co. Clocks with this plate would have had serial numbers. Plate 1008 Wilhelm Würth & Co. c1910 Note: Clocks with this plate probably do not exist. The “MADE IN GERMANY” marking on this plate is not found with clocks bearing the Bowler & Burdick “Anniversary” stamps. Also the serial number is beyond the time that Würth provided clocks to B&B. Page 74 Plate 1008A Wilhelm Würth & Co. Note: Clocks with this plate probably do not exist. The “MADE IN GERMANY” marking on this plate (ALL CAPS) is inconsistent with the serial number, and is not found with clocks bearing the Bowler & Burdick “Anniversary” stamps. This plate also has the same serial number as plate 1009. Bowler & Burdick clocks having the banking pins, shown on either side of the anchor depth adjustment, have been found but are otherwise marked identical to plate 1009. Plate 1009 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Plate 1009A Wilhelm Würth & Co. Clocks with this plate would have had serial numbers. Plate 1009AA Wilhelm Würth & Co. c1907 Page 76 Plate 1015 Andreas Huber Co. c1916 Page 77 Plate 1016A Andreas Huber Co. c1911-1915 Page 78 Plate 1019 Andreas Huber Co. c1916 Plate 1019A Andreas Huber Co. c1916 Page 79 Plate 1033 Delete "Skeleton" before Disc Pendulum Note: BHA clocks with this plate were all created before pendulum #17 went into production. All would have had a #23 disk pendulum. (John Hubby) Page 82 Plate 1041 Andreas Huber Co. c1911-1915 Page 83 Plate 1043 Philipp Hauck c1904-1906 Plate 1049 Wilhelm Würth & Co. c1903-1905 Plate 1049A Wilhelm Würth & Co. Page 84 Plate 1053 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Plate 1055 Philipp Hauck c1905-1906 Plate 1056 Philipp Hauck c1905-1906 Page 95 Plate 1150 Gershon Wintermantle & Co. Page 97 Plate 1172 J. Christian Bauer
c1901 Page 98 Plate 1179 Jahesuhrenfabrik c1911 Page 99 Plate 1189 Add "or Skeleton Pendulum" Note: Clocks with this plate would have had either a #23 Disk pendulum or #17 Skeleton pendulum. (John Hubby) Page 110 Plate 1251 Andreas Huber Co. Plate 1251A Kienzle Clock Factories. Page 111 Plate 1257 Note: This plate is covered by DRGM 588490 from 1914. Earlier clocks were marked as such. Page 112 Plate 1259 c1924-1927 Plate 1260 c1924-1927 Plate 1263 c1921-1923 Plate 1264 c1923 Plate 1265 c1922-1924 Page 113 Plate 1267 c1922-1924 Page 114 Plate 1303, 1307 Carl Bauer c1896-1906 Page 115 Plate 1309A Note: This plate does not actually exists in this configuration. All Kaiser clocks with the narrow plates and horizontal anchor have two additional threaded holes above the lower post holes, like plate 1309, that are not shown on this diagram. The diagram for 1309 shows the holes as threaded. This plate diagram should have the same two lower threaded holes. Page 117 Plate 1317 Schlenker & Posner
c1928 Plate 1318 Andreas Huber Co. Page 125 Plate 1384 Andreas Huber Co. Plate 1385 Andreas Huber Co. Plate 1387 Andreas Huber Co. Page 126 Plate 1388 c1939 Page 134 Plate 1415 Philipp Hauck c1908-1913 Plate 1419 Philipp Hauck c1909 Plate 1423 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Plate 1425 Philip Hauck c1906 Plate 1427 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Page 135 Plate 1431 Note: The two left most holes for the suspension guard rings are not threaded and should be open holes in this diagram. Plate 1436 Note: This plate should have two unthreaded holes to the left of the two threaded suspension guard holes. This plate is the same as plate 1435 except for the serial number. Plate 1437 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Plate 1438 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Page 136 Plate 1440 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Plate 1441 Philipp Hauck 1904 Plate 1443 Andreas Huber Co. Page 137 Plate 1451 Jahesuhrenfabrik
c1911 Plate 1451A Jahesuhrenfabrik
c1914 Page 138 Plate 1459 Philipp Hauck
1906 Page 143 Plate 1470E Wendez-Metzger Plate 1471 Jahesuhrenfabrik
c1898-1903 Page 146 Plate 1472H Schlenker & Posner
c1928 Plate 1473 Carl Bauer c1896-1906 Plate 1473A Carl Bauer c1896-1906 Plate 1473B Carl Bauer c1896-1906 Page 149 Plate 1490 Schlenker & Posner
c1928 Page 150 Plate 1505 Schlenker & Posner
c1928 Page 151 Plate 1515 Andreas Huber Co. c1926 Plate 1519 Philipp Hauck
1906 Plate 1519A Philipp Hauck 1906 Page 153 Plate 1522D Philipp Hauck c1902-1903 Page 154 Plate 1527 c1924-1927 Plate 1529 Schlenker & Posner
c1928 Page 155 Plate 1547 c1927-1939 Plate 1551 c1924-1927 Page 156 Plate 1559 Schlenker & Posner
c1928 Page 158 Plate 1579AA Jahesuhrenfabrik
c1924 Page 162 Plate 1595 c1927-1939 Plate 1595A c1927-1939 Plate 1597 Jahesuhrenfabrik c1888 Plate 1599A Philipp Hauck 1902 Note: This plate diagram is drawn about 60% larger than the physical clock it was taken from. The actual clock is shown on page 41, as clock 87. The clock is a miniature with a height of only 7.5", and is number 7 in the Horolovar Collection. Page 163 Plate 1601 Note: This plate should have two open holes to the left of the two threaded suspension guard holes. Plate 1602 Note: The serial number for this plate is incorrect for the layout of the holes. The number should be higher than 151000. Clocks with this plate will have dimple marks to the left of the threaded suspension guard holes. Plate 1603 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Plate 1607 Philipp Hauck
1906-1914 Plate 1610 Philipp Hauck 1903-1905 Plate 1613 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Page 164 Plate 1614 Kern & Sohne Page 165 Plate 1621 Jahesuhrenfabrik Plate 1623 Junghans Page 166 Plate 1626 Wilhelm Würth & Co. Plate 1627 Andreas Huber Co. Plate 1628 Andreas Huber Co. Plate 1631 Philipp Hauck Page 167 Plate 1632 Philipp Hauck c1907 Plate 1633 Gustav Becker Page 168 Plate 1643 Andreas Huber Co. Page 169 Plate 1663 Andreas Huber Co. Page 170 Plate 1667 Kern & Link
1929-1937 Page 172 Plate 1677 Andreas Huber Co. Page 175 Plate 1699 Philipp Hauck c1906 Plate 1717 Andreas Huber Co. Plate 1718 Delete "73," after "See Appendix" Page 177 Plate 1729, 1730 Carl Bauer c1896-1906 Unit 10C 12 Beats per Minute Unit 10D CHANGE: "made by Jahresuhrenfabrik" to "made by Kern and Söhne for Jahresuhrenfabrik," Page 194, column 2, last para, first sentence, CHANGE: "1912" to "the late 1920s for most manufacturers." Page 195 Pend 6 c1906
Wille/Würth c1903
Andreas Huber Co. c1911
Andreas Huber Co. c1911
DRP 144688
Wilhelm Würth Page 196 Pend 19 Philipp Hauck c1904 Pend 20 Wilhelm Würth c1903 Pend 23 Shown 1st of 5 versions Pend 25 Wintermantel Uhrenfabrik c1924 Pend 26 Philipp Hauck
c1911 Pend 27 c1924-1939 Pend 28 Andreas Huber Co. c1912 Pend 32 Kienzle Clock Factories c1915 Pend 33 c1915 Pend 34 c1929 Pend 36 c1914 Pend 37 Schlenker & Posner c1928-1937 Pend 38 Used with Huber pin pallet movements Pend 39 c1909-1950 Page 197 Pend 47 c1933-1952 Page 198 Pend 58 Pendulum pictured is missing top locking disk, See Pendulums 68 and 90. Page 200 Pend 97 c1933-1952 Section 15 400-Day Clock Suspension Brackets and Saddles Brackets 1-3 Huber Std. Bracket 11 Würth Std. Bracket 12 Jahesuhrenfabrik Lunar Bracket 14 Würth Std. 1907 DRGM 302860 Bracket 15 Huber “E” 1907 DRGM 319314 Bracket 16 Würth Std. 1907 DRGM 314710 Bracket 17 Hauck Std. Bracket 18 Kienzle Std. Bracket 27 Schlenker & Posner Appendix 10 CHANGE: Badische to Huber Page 217 Appendix 63 DELETE: first sentence Page 231 Appendix 96 CHANGE: 1717 to 1384. Page 235 Appendix 123, Unit 1 Design B was used Just before and after WWII.
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