Conrad Wiegand in Peine - Paul Stübner

A remarkable ship's chronometer made in Glashuette by Paul Stübner, Class 1 with original test certificate by the German naval observatory dating from 1921 and extract from chronometer archives by Andreas Hidding Dimensions 185 x 185 x 195 mm, circa 1920, Origin Deutschland, Original certificate Case: Mahogany box, screwed on handles, brass gimbals and bowl, three-body with glass. Dial: Silvered, radial Roman numerals, large auxiliary seconds, 56h power reserve indication, signed, gold spade hands. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, diameter 83 mm, decorated, gilt, spring detent escapement, blued screws, Gerstenberger's Integral balance, blued helical balance spring, chatoned diamond endstone on balance, chatoned ruby endstone on chronometer wheel and pivoted detent. Conrad Wiegand Peine, Hanover (1864-1940) A renowned German chronometer maker with his own horological workshop in Peine. He trained with watchmaker Chr. Rademann in Peine and afterwards went to Stuttgart from 1885 to 1887 to work with famous chronometer maker Ernst Kutter, where he learned to make astronomical pendulum clocks and chronometers. After a short stint in Naples he started working for the well-known company Hartmann & Felsing in Berlin. After returning to Peine he set up his own workshop. At the suggestion of chronometer maker William Meier in Hamburg he began producing navy chronometers from 1905 on, which were of such supreme quality that he submitted them to all tests at the German Naval Observsatory from 1907 on with great success. Approx. 100 of his chronometers were used by the imperial navy and later the Reichsmarine. Wiegand was in contact with the best makers of his time such as Frielingsdorf, William Meier, Hugo Müller, Georg F. Bley, Strasser, Bröcking, Sackmann and Lidecke. Source: http://www.uhrenpaul.eu Paul Stübner, Glashütte i/SA (1860-1946) Stübner specialised in the making of seconds precision pendulum clocks and other instruments used by observatories and scientific institutes. In an advert in 1911 he presents himself as: "Supplier of navy chronometers. Specialising in ebauches suspended in brass cases. Also with German nickel steel compensation balance.All details conforming to the rules and conditions stipulated by the imperial German naval observatory." Stübner supplied all of the important Glashütte makers with his ebauches. Case: very good, micro scratches. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.