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Clocks from
Winterhalder & Hofmeier are mechanical precision clocks with the quality standards of Black Forest craftsmanship. The numbers of the dial face are in Roman numerals. The dial face is embraced by wood. The clocks can be identified by the engraved W & H SCH initial letters. Most of
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and competing mass products. Linus
Winterhalder tried in August 1932 to revive exports of his clocks to the United Kingdom, but died in London on August 18, 1932, by a heat stroke and heart attack. After his death the company Winterhalder & Hofmeier had to stop production in 1933 due to lack of
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Orders from the United
Kingdom declined just before World War I. War was anticipated by his customers, so Linus Winterhalder agreed in the UK in London with his customers to grant a delay of payments from one month to three months. Orders then came in, but he did not receive any more payments after
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The firm
Winterhalder Uhrenfabrik was established in 1810 by Thomas Winterhalder. Even his grandfather Nikolaus Winterhalder (1710-1743) made quality Black Forest clocks with wooden cogs and weights from stones. Thomas moved in 1816 with his three sons Matthäus, Karl und Thomas to
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liquidity. The buildings of the company were set under economic control. In 1937 the buildings of the company were sold in a compulsory auction in 1937 and came to the city of
Neustadt. On June 2, 1937, the company was struck off the commercial register.
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where he lived in an old house ("Altes Haus") which he had bought from a monastery. Matthäus
Winterhalder (1799–1863) took over the work rooms in 1830. In 1850 his relative Johannes Hofmeier (1802-1876) from Schwaerzenbach, which is nowadays a part of
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The next generation, i. e. Anton, Karl, Thomas und
Johannes, changed firm name and responsibility in 1869 ("oHG"). The third generation formed on December 19, 1908, a company of limited liability (
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Victorian clockmakers of the time.
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Engraved initial letters on back of
Winterhalder & Hofmeier clocks from Schwaerzenbach, Black Forest, Germany
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After First World War former export markets were no longer in need for
Winterhalder precision clocks because of
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were mainly exported to the UK, Ireland and the United States, others to Russia, Japan and
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Lenzkirch Clock Factory (Part 1), Winterhalder & Hofmeier Clocks (Part 2).
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Wo die Stunde schlägt. Mit Hansy Vogt unterwegs auf der Deutschen Uhrenstraße.
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Lenzkirch Clock Factory (Part 1), Winterhalder & Hofmeier Clocks (Part 2).
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M. Winterhalder & Hofmeier, Friedenweiler und Schwaerzenbach, in Neustadt
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Parts of a Winterhalder & Hofmeier clock repaired by Ian D. Fowler
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Search in any web search under the catchword: Winterhalder clocks.
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Die Uhrenmacher des hohen Schwarzwaldes und ihre Werke, Band II
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Winterhalder & Hofmeier on web site Uhrmacherwerkstatt.com
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Merritt’s Antiques Inc., Douglassville, PA 19518, USA 2005.
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Winterhalder & Hofmeier. Präzisionsuhre usem Schwarzwald
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Merritt's Antiques Inc., Douglassville, PA 19518, USA 2005.
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