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There should be another 2 digit number on the back plate of the movement which means the the pendulum length in centimeters. They had to build a new production site and started exporting clocks, mainly to the U.S., in the 1950s. The company was totally taken apart for reparation costs by the allied after WW 2. The dial and chime rods logo was the last one they used, as far as I know. Haller, Jauch & Papst introduced the marketing name 'URGOS' (Uhren und Gongfabrik Schwenningen) in 1923 with the written word 'Urgos' under a crowned Griffin. With this number Urgos started this line pre WW2 in the 1940's up to maybe the 1950's there are no records of the exact date. Yes Urgos is a German Company, Wurttemberg, is where the mechanism were produced. If there is a Hermle clock you are looking for but you don't see it on our website, please contact us.Hi Sue, My name is XXXXX XXXXX it is my pleasure to assist you. The full range of Hermle clocks can be found here and ordering can be done from our showroom, online through our secure website or over the phone by calling 01294 829839. Glenbryde is delighted to be an official retail partner of Hermle clocks. You can see a video about Hermle by clicking on this link In the best of tradition, the range extends from floor clocks and wall clocks to table clocks, ship's clocks and regulators. He is currently responsible for all three divisions of the company Hermle Uhrenmanufaktur, Hermle Mechanische Uhrwerke and Hermle Drehteile.Īnd time doesn't stand still at Hermle: each year, in its clocks catalogue, the Uhrenmanufaktur presents several new models in addition to its timeless masterpieces. In 1977 Hermle Uhrenmanufaktur built a second factory in Amherst, Virginia, USA and in the following year, Rolf Hermle took over as CEO, marking the third generation of the founding family. Furthermore in Reichenbach, not far from Gosheim, production of quartz movements began. The latter were no longer produced solely for the company's own requirements but for other sectors as well, including the automotive industry, the mechanical engineering sector and the electrical engineering industry. In the 1970s this led to the addition of an additional business field: CNC longitudinally turned parts and gearing components. High accuracy and the perfect precision of every single component have always been distinctive features of Hermle clocks and mechanical clockworks. Alongside the production and distribution of many different types of large clocks, there was a focus on the production of mechanical mechanisms which were used by other clock manufacturers. In 1930 it was already one of the most modern clock production sites in the region. The story of Hermle began in 1922 when Franz Hermle started the company Franz Hermle & Sohn in Gosheim.

Urgos clock company history