Sebastian Baumann
Sebastian Baumann (* 1729 in Dachau ; † December 4, 1805 in Friedberg ; also: Sebastian Paumann ) was a German watchmaker .
Life
Baumann was born in Hadersried , Dachau district in 1729 . First he learned watchmaking and then he went hiking . In 1752 he was mentioned as a traveling journeyman in Graz . In 1758 he applied for civil rights in Friedberg, where he married Maria Barbara Mahlen, daughter of a watchmaker, on June 19 of the same year. Until his death on December 4, 1805, he lived and worked together with his wife Barbara as a watchmaker in Friedberg.
In the Heimatmuseum Friedberg there is one portrait each of Baumann and his wife Barbara. Both pictures were painted by Sigismund Reis in 1768 . They show him with a holder for pocket watch movements and his wife Barbara with a fretsaw .
Services
Baumann was a watchmaker and specialized in the manufacture of pocket watches and carriage watches. Many of his watches are known and scattered all over the world.
Web links
- Catalog "Friedberger Uhren" Heimatmuseum Friedberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Adelheid Riolini-Unger: Friedberger watches ; Hofmann-Verlag; Augsburg 1993; ISBN 3-922865-49-6 ; P. 159
- ↑ Registration book of the strange journeymen in Graz 1741-75.
- ↑ Friedberg Heimatmuseum: Carriage clock with outer case
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumann, Sebastian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paumann, Sebastian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German watchmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1729 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dachau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1805 |
| Place of death | Friedberg (Bavaria) |