Design
The rectangular wooden case frames a light-coloured dial. Fine black lines radiate from the centre, arranging the dial in a clear, graphic pattern. Slender hands and the Dugena name complete the understated design.
Museum piece
Dugena Mantel Clock with Hermle Calibre 130-020, 1960s
- Manufacturer
- DUGENA
- Date
- 1960s
- Period
- A lighter touch: the 1950s and 1960s
- Clock type
- Mantel clock
- Movement
- Mechanical Hermle Calibre 130-020 with suspended movement
- Chime
- Ding-dong chime on three rods; the clock strikes the hour count on the hour and once on the half hour
- Video with sound
- https://youtu.be/_j3ChkX-MAk
- Style
- Mid-century
- Dimensions
- × ×
- Weight
Where it is now
Has found a new home
Country
Austria
Technology
Inside is a mechanical Hermle Calibre 130-020 with suspended movement. Its mechanical chime sounds on three rods: it strikes the hour count on the hour and once on the half hour. The case and movement were cleaned and restored. The movement was overhauled, properly oiled and tested. The clock runs reliably and keeps accurate time.
Story
The clock was sold to Austria.
Manufacturer
DUGENA
Meisenheim · Nahe region – Rhineland-Palatinate · Germany
DUGENA's history reaches back to the Swiss watch industry of the nineteenth century. The German general agency for the Alpina watch brand, established in Berlin in 1899, gave rise to the Deutsche Uhrmacher-Genossenschaft Alpina in Eisenach in 1917. Its aim was to distribute high-quality timepieces at affordable prices.
In 1927, the cooperative moved its headquarters to Berlin. On 24 July 1942, DUGENA was established as the brand's future name, derived from Deutsche Uhrmacher-Genossenschaft Alpina.
After the Second World War, the company moved its headquarters to Darmstadt in 1949. Under Willi Tempel's leadership, DUGENA developed into one of Germany's best-known clock and watch brands. In the 1960s, its timepieces were sold through a network of more than 2,000 specialist retailers. Alongside wristwatches, the range included wall clocks, table clocks and other domestic clocks.
After several changes of ownership, DUGENA became part of the EganaGoldpfeil Group in 1993. In 2009, the newly founded Nova Tempora Uhren und Schmuck GmbH took over the brand. DUGENA continues to exist today.