Design
This wall clock has a high-gloss, dark brown wooden case with softly rounded corners. A gold-colored braided cord runs from two fittings on the case to a round wall mount. The circular dial combines a light-colored chapter ring with raised gold-colored hour markers and a finely textured, warm golden center bearing the Hermle signature. Two slender hands and two winding openings complete the dial. A hinged glass cover with a gold-colored rim protects its face. The case measures 24 × 22 cm (9.4 × 8.7 in); the overall hanging length, including the cord and wall mount, is 53 cm (20.9 in).
Technology
Mechanical Hermle 130-020 movement with floating balance escapement and Bim-Bam chime on three chime rods. On the hour, the clock strikes the corresponding number of hours; on the half-hour, it strikes once.
Manufacturer
Hermle
Reichenbach am Heuberg
· Swabian Jura – Baden-Württemberg
· Germany
Franz Hermle founded the clock factory Franz Hermle & Sohn in Gosheim on the Swabian Jura in 1922. By 1930, it was already among the region's most modern clockmaking businesses. A further production site opened in Reichenbach am Heuberg in 1951, specialising in large clocks and mechanical movements with various striking mechanisms. After Franz Hermle's death in 1953, his sons continued the business. The third generation joined in 1968 and 1974, with Gerd and Rolf Hermle respectively. Hermle North America was established in Amherst, Virginia, in 1977.
Following the insolvency of Hermle Uhrenmanufaktur GmbH in 2009, the clockmaking business was reorganised under Rolf Hermle in 2010 as HUM Uhrenmanufaktur GmbH & Co. KG. Today, Hermle remains a fourth-generation family business. It combines the manufacture of mechanical large clocks and movements with precision-turned components for industries including automotive engineering, mechanical engineering and medical technology. Since 2021, production has been concentrated at the Reichenbach am Heuberg site in Baden-Württemberg.
Company history: https://hermle-reichenbach.de/unternehmen/
