Gustav Becker clock

[blumberg]

Hello! My name is Roman I am from Europe,Latvia. I have an old clock Gustav Becker P112. Please help me to get some info about this clock, history or year of issue. Would be pleased as well to learn something about it.

Photos : http://fotki.lv/lv/Antikvariats_LV/730858/

 

[jmclaugh]

Hi Roman and welcome to the MB. P112 is the pendulum length in centimeters. There were I understand 3 logos of that design used for Becker clocks made in Freiburg which I assume this clock was (Becker had another factory in Braunau). One dates to 1894-1903, one to 1910-40 and one to 1925-33. I can't tell from the photo which one yours is but the case style looks 1920/30s.

The above is based on information kindly posted by ano member, Zepernick if I recall correctly, but I am sure he or others will tell you more.

 

[zepernick]

Greetings Roman --

NAWCC's John Hubby is the leading expert in all things Gustav Becker, and kindly shares his knowledge here on the Message Board, as well as with his Gustav Becker group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gustavbecker).

He'll be along here, I'm sure, in a bit!

Regards,
Zep

 

[jmclaugh]

Apologies to John for my errant memory!

 

[John Hubby]

Roman, firstly welcome to the NAWCC Message Board, and thanks for posting your inquiry and the link to the photos of your clock.

I have replied separately to you on the Yahoogroups Gustav Becker Group, but will copy my response for the benefit of our users here.

Your clock is very similar to Model 2663 illustrated in the 1924 GB Catalog published courtesy of our member Victor Tang. There are some minor differences, but that is common with GB clocks as they were made over several years.

Based on the photos you have posted of the movement, it appears to be a two-weight "bim-bam" striking design. Also, it does not appear there is a serial number on the clock, and I don't see any evidence of a date stamp that was started in 1928 for this type movement although the complete back plate isn't shown in your photos. If there is no serial number or date stamp, then from my research the most likely date of manufacture would be from after mid-1926 and until about 1928. GB logo clocks made in this time period were still manufactured at the Becker Freiburg factory, but operationally under Gebrüder Junghans.

It will be appreciated if you could confirm whether any other information is stamped into the back plate of the clock movement, that will help to confirm when the clock was made.