Black Forest clockmakers

In the first half of the 18th century, wooden wheels were used in Black Forest clock manufacturing (German: Holzräderuhr).

At the end of the 18th century, Jacob Herbstreith manufactured small wall clocks with plates in porcelain or brass (Jockele-Uhr).

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Sorgs, a clockmaker family, produced a very small wall clock (Sorg-Uhr).

[2][3] The heart core of Black forest clock production was an area that extended from Triberg via Furtwangen to St. Peter.

In 1850, the Duchy of Baden founded the first school for clockmakers in Furtwangen in order to improve the standard of production and make it more efficient.

The export-oriented German clock industry had to weather a roller-coaster of unstable exchange rates, lower growth rates, high competition from developing countries and continual technological change.“[7] Continuing new techniques and globalization affect the Black Forest clock industry.