Clockmaker Tony SiegmundSpecialist workshop for historical clocks and watches Deutsch

Career of master clockmaker Tony Siegmund

Trained in Glashütte, master clockmaker from the Feintechnikerschule Villingen-Schwenningen – and a collector of historical clocks and watches since the age of 13.

Career

  1. StudiesSeveral years of studying materials science and industrial engineering
  2. Training in GlashütteAt the age of 21, training as a watchmaker in Glashütte, completed successfully within two years
  3. AwardBest young watchmaker of the German state of Saxony
  4. 2014Second place among all German watchmakers
  5. August 2014Completed the master watchmaker class at the state Feintechnikerschule in Villingen-Schwenningen
Dial of the seconds pendulum clock (masterpiece) As part of the master class I designed and built this seconds pendulum clock, with a modified free Strasser escapement and an Invar compensation pendulum.

Experience

I started collecting historical watches and clocks at the age of 13 and have maintained them ever since. This gave me experience with a wide range of calibres, in watches and clocks, among them:

  • Repeaters
  • Chronographs of different constructions
  • Virgule escapements
  • Ruby cylinder escapements
  • Chronometer escapements with spring detent