Gustav Becker

I am currently working on a Gustav Becker regulator wall clock from 1885. Its a time and strike clock run by weights with a deadbeat escapement.

Gustav was one of the better German clockmakers. Gustav Becker was born 1819 and trained in Germany and Austria. Gustav started clock making in 1850 in Freiberg. In 1852 he won a gold medal for his designs. This brought a small unknown clockmaker into the spotlight which made his reputation and business take off.  Becker's workshop produced more than 400 varieties of clocks. There is evidence that he developed a 400- day clock as early as 1875. It was not patented because the German patent system was not in existence yet. It was later patented by others so Gustav did not get credit.

Gustav Becker died in 1885 but clocks bore his trademark until 1935 as his company was absorbed by the Junghans Company.

Today Gustav Becker clocks are still in demand and the clocks range from $500 to $5,000.