The factory's founder, Johannes Buerk, started his manufacturing career with an invention in 1855. His portable control clock for night watchmen proved an instant sucsess an provided the basis for manufacturing these clocks for over 100 years. Today the Clock Industry Museum in the old factory features carefully restored and fully operational manufacturing machinery. Beyhond showig th technical aspects, special attention is paid to the social and economic facets of the factory age. Enjoy a comprehensive, often humourous and sometimes playful look at the clock industry.
Experts show the manufacture of a mechanical alarm clock.