Hanging rope clock XIX century, signed Gustav Becker 137 cm, around 1880/90

Gustav Eduard Becker (born on May 2, 1819 in Oleśnica, died on September 14, 1885 in Berchtesgaden) - German watchmaker and founder of the clock brand Gustav Becker.

He was born in Lower Silesia. He studied as a journeyman in Frankfurt, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Dresden, Munich, Berlin and Vienna (with watchmaking master Philip Happacher). On April 1, 1847, he opened the first clock shop in Świebodzice. In 1852, at the industrial exhibition in Wrocław, his clocks were signed as Gustav Becker. In 1854, Becker received a contract with the post office. Production increased sharply because in 1873 at the World Exhibition in Vienna, Becker announced the production of 75,000 and in 1875 100,000 clocks. On May 15, 1885, it is already 750,000, and in 1892 it produced 1,000,000 clocks. After his death, the company was taken over by his son Paul Albert Becker and became the head of the company. The millionth clock is in the Termet SA (formerly Predom Termet) collection in Świebodzice, which took over the assets of Becker's factory after 1945. The grave of Gustav Becker is located at the municipal cemetery in Świebodzice.