Badische Uhrenfabrik AG, known as Baduf, was founded in Furtwangen in 1889. It emerged from the firms Rombach, Ketterer and the Gütenbach clock factory Leo Faller am Bach & Sohn. Around 1900, its clocks were sold worldwide, with branches in London, Milan, Zurich, Bombay and Hong Kong, among other cities. In the early 1920s, Baduf employed around 750 people and ranked among the major clock manufacturers of the Black Forest. Its products included alarm clocks, cuckoo clocks, regulators, office clocks and kitchen clocks. The trademark “Akribie” was registered in 1904. From 1910, Baduf produced large numbers of free-swinging clocks with five-ball pendulums and glass domes. From 1920, its range expanded to include radio receivers, radio-controlled switching clocks, measuring instruments, loudspeakers and other electronic devices. Bankruptcy proceedings began in 1932. The J. Kaiser clock factories of Villingen took over the business. Following another bankruptcy in 1983, Schwarzwälder Uhrwerke-Fabrik Burger acquired production equipment for cuckoo clock movements. Clock production in Furtwangen ended in 1984 and the business was dissolved.