Thomas Haller (watch manufacturer)
Thomas Haller (* 1854 ; † 1917 ) was a German watch manufacturer.
After taking over the end of the 1870s the company started by his grandfather, he founded in Schwenningen the Thomas Haller AG , the competitor into a leading watch manufacturers developed and largest brothers Thiel was. From 1882 clocks were produced with their own movements, including annual clocks. Haller was the only watchmaker in the town who consistently developed his workshop into a factory, starting with Black Forest clocks and building massive metal works to the American factory (1889). In 1888, the company was awarded an honorary diploma for regulators in Munich.
Inexpensive pocket watches were made from 1895 . This was accelerated from 1898 with the entry of Alex Dürer / Dörfler. Like his relative Emil, Alex was a designer at Thiel, had switched to the Kyffhäuser watch factory owned by Carl Flick & Co. in Jecha in 1895 and was now poached.
In 1899, 4,000 pocket watches were made every day. The successful production of pocket watches aroused Junghans' interest . On April 1, 1900, the negotiations led to the merger to form the United Watch Factory Gebrüder Junghans and Thomas Haller AG . However, the equal relationship between Junghans and Haller did not last long. After Junghans tried to gain the upper hand, Haller dissolved the merger. In the same year his son Thomas Ernst Haller founded a new watch factory in Schwenningen, the Thomas Ernst Haller AG .
literature
- Hans-Heinrich Schmid : "Lexicon of the German watch industry 1850 - 1980: company addresses, production program, company logos, brand names, company histories." (3rd expanded edition 2017); Editor: German Society for Chronometry eV; ISBN 978-3-941539-92-1
supporting documents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haller, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German watch manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1854 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1917 |