In 1930, the company produced about 45,000 clocks per week and employed a staff of over 2000. A right-looking eagle with outstretched wings, holding in its talons and a three-part round plate with the letters F, M and S. In 1925 Mauthe announced a new trademark. Fritz Mauthe – son of Jacob and Mauthe Alfred – son of Jacob Mauthe. In 1904 the 3rd generation took over Eugene Schreiber – son of Christian Mauthe, Dr. The number of employees at that time went up to about 1,100 people. In 1886 Mauthe began manufacturing its own spring mechanism.Īround 1900, alarm clocks, pendulum wall clocks, grandfather clocks, office clocks and “Buffet Uhren” or “Buffet clocks” were offered. Mauthe sons Christian and James took over in 1876. Some have been produced by home-work by the so-called “Gewerblern” method, a type of cottage industry, while others have been produced in a more “industrial” or factory way. At the end of the 1860s, Mauthe began to produce their own wall clocks (and movements). In 1844 Friedrich Mauthe and his wife Marie founded the company in Schwenningen, Germany to produce watch parts. Mauthe clocks were made in Germany by a company that had a long and glorious life producing many thousands of wall, mantel, office and hall clocks. Back of the clock showing the 3-train movement Mauthe clock on top of a Stromberg Carlson console radio It has an unmarked movement (no trademark) and has the number 50089 on the bottom right of the rear plate and there is no doubt that the movement is original to the case. I found it at an antique shop in Great Village, Nova Scotia (Canada) some time ago. It is a 3-train Westminster chime pendulum clock with a 5-rod gong block and quarter-hour musical tone. While this is commonly called a mantel or shelf clock, in Mauthe marketing parlance it is referred to it as a “buffet clock”. This attractive round-top mantel clock is in very good condition for its age.
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