Horological Meandering

Some weeks ago pkonos has presented his new Junghans timepiece and we discussed about the hometown of the brand and the museum landscape there. As mentioned in that thread there are two Junghans focused museums, the one in the manufacture proper and the U...  

Thanks for sharing. You gotta love ads from the late 70s/early 80s, that Zeitwunder (Time Commander what a name!), no wonder everything feels boring nowadays

When it was about progress, exploration and imagination, as opposed to rehashing the past 😉 Fully agree on the ads and names 👍🏻

Here some cars. The focus is on the entry level mobility from the postwar era, with a lot of motorized wheelchairs catering to the post-WW2 war invalids. There’s many more - but the upload is being a bit temperamental at the moment 😉 ...  

The MB and the Champion 250 for me! The three wheelers are a hoot!

That quietly died off in the end 😉👍🏻

Some are actually quite good looking!

And go to show that there’s rarely something completely new under the sun 😁

Thank You for the fantastic tour, felt we were with you. The Mega 1 is a revelation, need to check it out in more detail. 1970s-80s Japan and Germany, at the top of their game. The Upside down Astro Quartz and the German Airforce Chronograph were my favor... 

The Mega 1 was indeed Mega back in the day 😁 Before the days when a different colored dial was considered innovation 😂

I really enjoyed reading post like this. Appreciate your time to put this together 🙏🏻

Wonderful, your photos have made me feel like I was there. I was interested by your references to the clock and watch industry in the Black Forest area, and was especially intrigued to see the early M ax Bill model and the Junghans Mega 1 which must've be...  

And you enjoyed it. Also posted the cars in response to Larry’s wish above in case you are interested.

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But quite a treat irrespective 😉 And can combine it with some fine driving roads in the vicinity, too 😁🏁

Some interesting and nice timepieces here and a nice slice of watchmaking history. Best, Emmanuel

Glad you enjoyed the virtual tour (pictures were taken years ago unfortunately). The one large piece of Junghans history not featured (possibly in the other museum) is the Lufthansa Boeing 737 ‘Landshut’ hostage situation, where the pilot was almost kille... 

Sad story, really. Like you, though, I like his sense of humour!

Will check if I can find the link somewhere 😉👍🏻

Makes me want to go there with my 1978