The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers.
#GUSTAV BECKER CLOCKMAKER DRIVER#
A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway.(For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. A signature will be required upon delivery.Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
#GUSTAV BECKER CLOCKMAKER UPGRADE#
We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below). You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep.More information on Gustav Becker on Antique Clock Guy.Junghans continued to exist in West Germany, but clocks bearing the Becker brand were no longer produced. The brand was created in 1899, and in 1930 it merged with Junghans, a large clockmaker in Schramberg, Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany.Īfter the Second World War, the Gustav Becker factory's location was transferred from Germany to Poland, and clock production there ceased. He was buried three days later in a municipal cemetery in Freiburg (now Świebodzice) to much public mourning.
Gustav Becker died on 14 September 1885 in Berchtesgaden during a stay in Bavaria. With the decline of sales, Becker stopped selling complex clocks, and returned to making more simple designs. A well-known type of Black Forest clock is the Cuckoo clock. He won at clock fairs in London, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne, Berlin and Amsterdam.Ĭompetition with the Black Forest clockmakers ĭuring the 1880s, the Black Forest clockmakers began competing with Becker, with good quality, less-expensive models. Starting from fairly simple clocks, the clocks became complex and very ornamental, and sales rose to a peak in 1875, with over 300,000 clock orders. In the 1860s, he began to create the Classical Gustav Becker clocks. In 1854 he received large orders from the British Royal Mail, and the Silesian Telegraphy Centre.Īfter the orders, he received a fortune from the Duke of Martibore, and with this money he could pay enough to make clock cases for train stations. His breakthrough came in 1852 at the Silesian Clock Fair.Ĭrowds were drawn to his works because of the quality, and he was awarded the gold medal for the best clock in the fair. In 1847, he settled in Freiburg, Lower Silesia (now Świebodzice, Poland), and that April he opened a small clock shop with a few employees to whom he taught clockmaking.įirst, he created clocks in the Viennese model, and thanks to his success, in 1850 he moved his business to a better business centre. During his time in Vienna, he decided to start his own clock factory.īecker came back to Silesia in 1845, and got married. His great skills gave him the ability to fix clocks at the most intricate level.
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