Claudius Saunier
Claudius Saunier (born April 17, 1816 in Mâcon , † October 25, 1896 in Paris ) was a French watchmaker and specialist teacher .
Life
Claudius Saunier was born the son of a wine wholesaler in Mâcon. There he attended the watchmaking school founded by Professor Henriot in 1830. In 1836 the school was closed. The short existence of this school forced him to complete his apprenticeship in Switzerland in 1836 . In 1841 he returned to Mâcon; With the help of the city council, he reopened the closed watchmaking school and remained at its head until 1848. Forced by the political events at the time, the school was closed again in 1848. With the loss of his fortune, Saunier turned his back on his hometown and moved to Paris, where he worked until the end of his life.
He died on October 25, 1896 at the old age of eighty.
Services
In 1854 his first book was published: "Handbook of Inhibitions and Interventions" .
In 1855 Saunier founded the "Revue chronometrique" , the oldest watchmaking journal.
In 1858, the work “Time and its measurement in older and more recent times” followed .
In the years 1859 to 1870 Saunier published his "watchmaker's calendar" .
In 1870 he published his “Practical Guide for Watchmakers” and his “Collection of Practical Working Methods” , which was followed shortly afterwards by the beautiful and famous “Textbook of Watchmaking” , which Saunier worked on for 15 years. For the completed book he received the Legion of Honor as a high state honor in 1870 . The book was translated into German by Karl Moritz Großmann . In 1880 his Histoire de la mesure du Temps , the “History of the Art of Timekeeping”, was published.
Web links
- Search for Claudius Saunier in the German Digital Library
- Search for Claudius Saunier in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Claudius Saunier: Traité d'horlogerie modern: théorique et pratique. archive.org, accessed on August 7, 2013 (French).
- Claudius Saunier: The watchmakers' hand-book: intended as a workshop companion for those who are engaged in ... archive.org, accessed on August 7, 2013 (English).
- UhrenH @ nse: Claudius Saunier
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claudius Saunier: The history of the art of measuring time from the oldest times to the present. Translated into German and reworked by Gustav Speckhart . 3 volumes. Emil Huebners Verlag, Bautzen 1903.
- ↑ Fritz von Osterhausen: Callweys lexicon ; Munich 1999; ISBN 3-7667-1353-1 ; P. 289
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saunier, Claudius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French watchmaker and specialist teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mâcon |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1896 |
| Place of death | Paris |