Tobias Bauerle, Uhrenfabrik Clock Factory, St. Georgen, Black Forest, Germany. Founder Tobias Bauerle, 01-03-1841 - 02-26-1914. Enterprise founded in 1865, manufactured wall/hall/mantel and all types of clocks. Worldwide export market to England, USA, Russia and the Orient. Trademark "DEER" (deer or elk like animal usually in a square) registered in 1897. Sons Christian and Tobias Jr. joined the enterprise in 1903 as full partners, company registered as Tobias Bauerle & Son's. Company weathered WWI, recessions, inflation, after WWII the entire plant was dismantled. After a new start, satellite plant in Friedrichshafen (Lake Constantine, Germany). Company expanded rapidly to a world leading manufacturer of high grade motor drives for all kinds of technical applications. Instrumentation, signal systems and timers. Company was forced in the early years of 1980 to curtail operations. (to what extent I can not say) Mathais Bauerle was from St. Georgen in the Black Forest region of Germany. His Business started as a small home operation founded in 1863. Changed to a large scale assembly plant for clock movements for all mantel and hall (1880). A little before 1922 Bauerle regestered a trade name of "PEERLESS" as a maker of clocks, mechanical calcualtor, technical clocks and pocket watches. In 1924 he registered the trade maker of "EMBEE" as maker of all types of clocks and mechanical office equipment which was registered for an unknown reason in 1938. In 1930 Herr Bauerle, also registered the trade name "Rheingold-Gong for strike-gong system". COPYRIGHT - GERD BENDER, "DIE UHRENMACHER DES HOHEN SCHWARZWALD" (printed in German) and "UNION-HORLOGERE". Clock and Watch Trademark Index European Origin by Georg Jacob G.M.B.H. Leipzig Writing by Karl Kochmann Tim Sweet TIMEKEEPR2@AOL.COM M.O.S.T (MY OWN SWEET TIME) WATCH COMPANY. 14002 Tuckey Lane El Paso, TX 79927 U.S.A. (915) 852-2409 (See my add in the MART) Look for my Web site at: http://www.cyperportal.net/watches/timhome.html Requests and comments welcome enjoy