Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie (DGC), (German Society for Timekeeping) today is an organization of scholars, collectors and enthusiasts in Germany interested in the science, art and history of horology.
The association was founded in the post World War II years (as an unofficial successor to the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Zeitmesskunde) and originally consisted mainly of scientists and engineers from the watch and clock producing industry.
Today the bulk of the membership unites collectors, scholars and museum professionals interested in the historical aspects of clocks, sundials and watches.
The organization also maintains a comprehensive library with books, periodicals, auction catalogues and trade manuals related to horology.
[1] The administrative office and the library of the DGC are located in the historic former Gewerbemuseum in Nuremberg, today a continued education center which also houses the Gebhardt collection on the history of the portable timekeeper.