Hans-Heinrich Schmid

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Hans-Heinrich Schmid (* 1954 in Rottweil ; † November 11, 2018 ) was a German non-fiction author and expert on the history of the watch industry.

Life

Hans-Heinrich Schmid has had a hobby with table and wall clocks since 1991/92 , but he also began to be interested in their manufacturers (mark). First he compiled information about the manufacturers for the watches in his own collection, over time he expanded the scientific research through a targeted study of sources (watch literature, watchmaker newspapers, company address books, etc.) to include all watch manufacturers in German-speaking countries .

In April 2005, Hans-Heinrich Schmid published his research results in the Lexicon of the German Watch Industry 1850-1980 , which was able to establish itself as a standard work on the German watch industry on the day it was published. For the lexicon, the state of Baden-Württemberg received him at the “24. State Prize for Local Research ”was awarded a certificate of recognition for“ outstanding achievements in local research ”and the work was handed over to the House of History in Baden-Württemberg . In the years that followed, Schmid gradually expanded the work: The second edition comprised two volumes with almost 1,000 pages, the third, 1,260 pages published in 2017.

Hans-Heinrich Schmid was a member or cooperation partner of various watch museums and associations for watch enthusiasts, e.g. B. Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds , Clock Industry Museum Schwenningen , German Clock Museum Furtwangen , Foundation German Clock Museum Glashütte , City Museum Schramberg , Local Museum Mühlheim / Danube , German Society for Chronometry .

He lived and worked in the Swabian Alb and lectured and published regularly on all kinds of watch topics.

In November 2018, Hans-Heinrich Schmid died with his family.

Publications

  • Lexicon of the German watch industry 1850–1980: company addresses, production program, company logos, brand names, company histories . (3rd extended edition 2017) Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie eV; ISBN 978-3-941539-92-1
  • The founding fathers of the watch industry in Germany , in: Annual journal of the German Society for Chronometry 2006
  • Rise and fall of the watch industry in Silesia , in: Annual journal of the German Society for Chronometry 2007
  • Swiss pocket watches for Germany - on the trail of the watchmaking industry in Alsace , in: Annual journal of the German Society for Chronometry 2010
  • The series production of watches and the influence of the American watch industry on the manufacture of watches in Germany , in: Annual journal of the German Society for Chronometry 2011
  • Pocket watches from Junghans . Booklet accompanying the exhibition Pocket Watches from Junghans in the Schramberg City Museum 2011
  • Dr. phil. hc Sigmund Riefler - On the hundredth anniversary of death , in: Annual journal of the German Society for Chronometrie 2012
  • The watch factory Lenzkirch - its development in the mirror of historical circumstances and their ownership structure , in: Annual journal of the German Society for Chronometry 2013
  • various book reviews.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Recognition 2005 of the State Prize for Local Research  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the Freiburg Regional Council (PDF download; 61 kB). Retrieved July 3, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rp.baden-wuerttemberg.de  
  2. ↑ Hans Haaser: In Schramberg they wish "Have a good time!" In: Neue Rottweiler Zeitung online from June 19, 2011. Example of speaker activities. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Hans-Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author and expert on the history of the watch industry
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottweil
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 2018