Alfred Ungerer

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Alfred Ungerer (* 1861 in Strasbourg ; † March 29, 1933 ) was a French watchmaker and tower clock manufacturer .

Life

Alfred Ungerer was the son of Auguste Théodore Ungerer (1822–1885), who, together with his brother Albert Ungerer (1813–1879), was a student and then a partner of Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué . Together they later took over Schwilgué's tower clock business and renamed it Ungerer Frères .

Alfred Ungerer and his cousin Julius Ungerer , a son of Albert Ungerer, took over the tower clockmaking business around 1903. The shop, now called J. & A. Ungerer , moved to Rue de Labroque (then Labroquer Street ).

He published treatises on the art of watchmaking, in particular historically significant literature on the astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral . In one of the yearbooks for Solothurn history of the Historical Association of the Canton of Solothurn from 1929 it is mentioned: “Mr. Alfred Ungerer is one of the best experts on old art clocks. His highly anticipated, comprehensive work Les horloges astronomiques et monumentales les plus remarquables de l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours will soon be self-published . "

His son was the watchmaker Théodore Ungerer , his grandson was the cartoonist Tomi Ungerer .

Publications (selection)

  • L'horloge astronomique de la cathédrale de Strasbourg. In: L'Astronomie , Ed. 35, pp. 89-102. ( Online version )
German version: Astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral. In: Strasbourg Latest News , 1911.
  • Instructions for the installation and maintenance of tower clocks for watchmakers… ; in: Verlag der Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung, 1920.
  • Les horloges d'édifice: leur construction, leur montage, leur entretien: guide pratique… suivi d'une nomenclature des horloges monumentales et astronomiques les plus remarquables. In: Gauthier-Villars , 1926.
  • with Théodore Ungerer: Cloches et carillons depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours. In: Millot Frères Publishing House , 1932.
  • Les horloges astronomiques et monumentales les plus remarquables de l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours. Strasbourg 1931.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clockmaker: Ungerer, Alfred son of Auguste Théodore. Uhrmacherverzeichnis.de.
  2. ↑ Who looked after the astronomical clock after Schwilgué's death? In: Herbert Bruderer: Finding a strange mechanical calculating machine for the construction of the astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral. Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich , January 10, 2015, p. 7.
  3. ^ The astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral. From the Ungerers to Daniel Depoutot. In: Kleine Museumzeitung, Museum Tomi Ungerer - International Center for Illustration, Strasbourg 2015, p. 2.
  4. ↑ Yearbook for Solothurn History, Volumes 2-4, Historischer Verein des Kantons Solothurn (Ed.), Verlag Buchdruckerei Gassmann, 1929. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  5. ^ Astronomical clock in the Strasbourg cathedral on Google Books .
  6. ↑ Instructions for the installation and maintenance of tower clocks for watchmakers ... , on Google Books.
  7. ↑ Les horloges d'édifice: leur construction, leur montage, leur entretien on Google Books.
  8. ↑ Cloches et carillons depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours on Google Books.
personal data
SURNAME Ungerer, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French watchmaker and tower clock manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1933