Julius Grossmann
Julius Grossmann , also called Jules Grossmann (* July 28, 1829 in Eberswalde ; † February 27, 1907 in Le Locle ), was a German watchmaker and specialist teacher .
Life
Julius Grossmann was born in Eberswalde near Berlin . After primary school he completed an apprenticeship at a clocks - Manufacturers in his birthplace. The teaching was not very good, so that he, like many others, had to rely on self-training. So he went to Berlin, where he worked for a master watchmaker. In 1851 he went on to London and from there to Neuchâtel in Switzerland. He noticed early on that not only technical, but also theoretical knowledge is necessary in his job.
In 1868 he became director and at that time the only teacher of the watchmaking school in Le Locle. Self-taught , he acquired a very extensive theoretical knowledge in his life. After 25 years of activity, he withdrew and edited scientific papers with his son Hermann Grossmann , who had been director of the watchmaking school in Neuchâtel since 1888. Julius Grossmann died in Le Locle in 1907 at the age of 78.
Fonts (selection)
- Jules Grossmann, L. Lossier: The regulation of the clocks in the layers , Rühl, 1892
- Jules Grossmann, Hermann Grossmann (ed.): Textbook of watchmaking according to the laws of mathematics , Huebner-Verlag, Bautzen, 1902, (2 volumes)
- Jules Grossmann: Lessons in horology , Philadelphia, The Keystone, 1905
- Jules Grossmann, Hermann Grossmann (eds.): Horlogerie théorique , Bienne E. Magron, Paris Gauthier-Villars, 1911–1912.
literature
- Julius Großmann in: Curt Dietzschold : The Cornelius Nepos the watchmaker. Krems 1910
- Boillat, J. / Näf, A. / Horn, PH (2018): Jules Grossmann - an Eberswalde watchmaker in Switzerland. In: Eberswalder Jahrbuch, pp. 98-105
Web links
- Grossmann, Julius. Watch Wiki, accessed August 2, 2013 .
- Jules Grossmann, Hermann Grossmann: Lessons in Horology (1905). archive.org, accessed August 2, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ^ GH Baillie: Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World. Reprint, London 1988, ISBN 0-7198-0040-4 , p. 134
- ↑ Fritz von Osterhausen: Callweys lexicon. Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7667-1353-1 , p. 128
- ↑ Lukas Stolberg: Lexicon of the pocket watch. Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 1995, ISBN 3-85378-423-2 , p. 91
- ↑ Jürgen Abeler : Master of the watchmaking art. Wuppertal 1977, p. 226.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grossmann, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grossmann, Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German watchmaker and specialist teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eberswalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1907 |
| Place of death | Le Locle |