Winterhalder & Hofmeier Uhrenfabrik, Neustadt-Schwarzenbach

Nickolaus Winterhalder (1710-1743) clockmaker-cottage
industry.

Thomas Winterhalder established the factory in Friedenweiler.
Son's Mathaus, Thomas and Karl joined the fathers enterprise.
Anton Hofmeier joined them and satellite shops between
Neustadt and Schwarzenbach which produced clocks of premier
quality.  The entire Winterhalder family was involved in
clocks.

Hans Winterhalder founded HAWINA (however this trade mark
was not registered until 1925), clock company for world wide
exports and had 800 employee in Germany, England and Russia
around 1908.  The company fell on hard times and was purchased
by the Junghans Brothers enterprise.

With the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, Winterhalder
enterprise lost all their assets.  Political deposition of
Germany in 1933 precluded this religious family from obtaining
credit and after 200 years of producing clocks all portions
of the business closed.

The family made all kinds of clocks including grandfather
clocks.

One family member Clemens migrated to the United States and
started another clock enterprise in Philadelphia, but it
failed.  Clemens Winterhalder continued to live in the Phila.
area until 1976.

Anton Winterhalder was manager of Howard Miller Clock Co.
before he retired in New Zealand, Michigan.

Trade marks and plate id. markings:

M.Winterhalder&Hofmeier G.m.b.H.
       Neustadt, Baden


W.&H.
  Sch

W&H
Sch
(inside a square)

plate stampings:

W&H
SCH

W&H in
  SCH

W&H in SCH
    Germany

M.Winterhalder &
Hofmeier Newustadt
Baden
       Germany

Hawina

Winterhalder
Hans

The information was taken from Union-Horologere,
Clock and Watch Trademark Index European Origin, Georg Jacob,
G.M.B.H. Leipzig.  Writing by Karl Kochmann

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Tim Sweet
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M.O.S.T. Watch and Clock Co.
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