Victor Kullberg

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Victor Kullberg (1824-1890)

Victor Kullberg (* 1824 in Visby on Gotland , † 1890 in London ) was a Swedish clock and chronometer maker .

Life and horological achievement

Kullberg learned the watchmaking trade from a local watchmaker who made chronometers . After his apprenticeship, he expanded his knowledge with Louis Urban Jürgensen (1806–1867) in Copenhagen. At the age of 27 he traveled to the world exhibition in London and made contacts with other chronometer makers. In 1856 he started his own watchmaker in London. He had a lifelong friendship with one of his greatest competitors, Thomas Mercer (1822–1900).

Kullberg created pocket watches with a chronometer escapement , a crown winding system designed by him and a toothed barrel. In addition, he introduced a chain guide for the worm , the "reversed fusée" proposed by the French watchmaker Julien Le Roy , which was superior to the traditional English design. His chronometers were characterized by very well thought-out constructions and clean craftsmanship.

In 1864, Kullberg submitted the first marine chronometer for testing in Greenwich, but the results were only average. As a result, Kullberg improved his designs and in 1882 finally achieved values ​​that no other chronometer maker could improve at that time.

Kullberg was appointed court watchmaker to the King of Sweden and Norway in 1874, and was awarded the Wasa Order.

Honors

  • 1860: Silver medal at the watch exhibition in Besançon
  • 1864: Silver Medal from the Royal Scottish Society of Arts
  • 1867: Gold medal at the Universal exhibition in Paris
  • 1869: Gold medal from the National Academy in Paris
  • 1873: "The Grand Diploma of Honor", Vienna
  • 1876: Honorary diploma from the National Academy in Paris
  • 1880: 1st class medal, international exhibition in Sydney
  • 1882: England's only gold medal, Melbourne International Exhibition

literature

  • Hans von Bertele: marine and pocket chronometers. [...] . Callwey, Munich 1980. ISBN 3-7667-0512-1 .
  • Casper Ljungdahl: Victor Kullberg, the svenske kronometermakaren . Daedalus, Stockholm 1992.
  • Casper Ljungdahl: Och klockan slöt sin gång . Karlstads stiftsbok, 2003.
  • KG. Ljungdahl: Victor Kullbergs gärning. IVA: s Teknisk-vetenskaplig forskning . Stockholm 1962, p. 33.
  • Victor Kullberg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 622 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Commons : Victor Kullberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ GH Baillie: Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World . Third edition. NAG Press, London 1966.
  2. ^ Otto Habinger: Victor Kullberg. a Swedish chronometer maker . In: Alte Uhren […] . Callwey, Munich 1984, p. 21 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Kullberg, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish watchmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Visby , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 1890
Place of death London