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The Wuppertal Clock Museum, Or Clock Museum "Abel" is one of the Watchmaker- And Goldsmith Abeler in Wuppertal entertaining Museum with one of the largest and most important private collections of Watches of mankind and cultural history and includes exhibits about 2000 to over 300 m² of exhibition space. The archive contains not only watch more than 38,000 exhibits in other collections on various topics.
History
On 24 Auctioned in March 1955 the Wuppertal goldsmith and watchmaker Georg Abeler on the Hohenzollern Ring Cologne Watch the collection of the late Lawyer Dr. Antoine-Feill. This event is regarded as the birth of the Wuppertal Watch Museum. Abeler When George came one evening with his treasures home, jumped on the spark, and at that moment was all the Abel family, especially his son Jürgen Abeler, Have become enthusiastic watch collectors. To cap his watch collector-opened Hobbies Georg Abeler 1958 Wuppertal Clock Museum in the vaults of the headquarters of the Post Road, Which over time with about 2,000 exhibits from 5,000 years ago to become one of the most universal theme collections Clocks and Timing developed. Director of the museum until his death in 2010 his son Jürgen Abeler.
Watches Exhibition
Three-wheel clock on the facade of the building Abeler
World population clock on the facade of the building Abeler
The Imperial Crown of Napoleon III. Replica of the crown and insignia collection Abeler, Wuppertal
Magic hat, mechanical toys with clockwork-like plantThe exhibits of the clock museum in the basement vault of the jeweler's headquarters Abeler documented history of 5,000 years time, ranging from an Egyptian Auslaufwasseruhr, Roman and Greek Sundials, French Clocks and Napoleonic Mantel clocks; Stutz Watches in animal shapes, Candles- And Hourglasses, Watches in Daggers, Buttons and in a wooden SkullThe extensive development of Mechanical clock and decorative works of the Game Baroque and Rococo to the first continental European Atomic clock from the year 1956 or Watches with Solar- And Quartz drive. Most of the exhibited pieces were restored in their own special workshop and work again. Faithful reproductions and reconstructions are made in the special workshop. Ca. 110 exhibits are the traveling exhibition 5000 years time measurement.
Carillon
Since 1951, in a niche hear the facade of the building, which houses the museum, a carillon of the original 12, then 28, later enlarged to 37 bells, daily at 10, 12, 16 and 18 clock with different songs, with Wuppertal two originals of the turn of the century, Sugar Fritz and August Kallenbach (See also: List of Wuppertal originals) Turn their tour around the bell tower. Quarter hourly appears Zeitgeist Chronos and turns it to his hourglass. The Reaper Death comes on the hour out of his door and reminds of the transience of all existence. With the swing of his scythe he cut clean from the past hour. The carillon is a famous monument in the city of Wuppertal.
World Clock
Since 1958 world-time clocks of MercatorWorld map with the chimes the time in Honolulu, New York, Moscow, Ceylon and TokyoAnd the Central European Time specified.
Three-wheel Clock
The three-wheel Clock on the facade of the building corner post and swan road was built during the years before 1962 by George Abeler shattered in an accident from a horse-drawn vehicles, including tow bar. Of India found widespread attention in the press, including published Japan Times 27 January 1962 article on this one.
World Population Clock
Next to the three-wheel-Clock is a digital world population clock, the Clock is not in the sense of a timepiece, but a human-electronic counter. The figures indicate that drive the current state of world population.
Other exhibitions
Crowns and regalia
Crown - symbol of power in the world is the theme of this exhibition, which includes 85 copies and 5 crown insignia and reproductions of 34 original objects, the history and development of the political character Crown documented. Since 1972, the crown collection in 158 cities across Europe, in New York and in seven cities in Japan was introduced to the public. The replicas of the crowns and Insignia were manufactured in our own goldsmiths.
Rings
The love of gold working caused the enthusiasm Jürgen Abel fine jewelry, primarily from the examples of fine gold work of the past. Give him fascinated about the history and development of the Ring such an extent that an existing collection of 390 objects ring with the theme From the sealing ring to love ring - Rings of 4 millennia arose.
Gemstones
The Gemstone Collection The wonderful world of gemstones consists of approximately 750 exhibits.
Gold
Ca. 250 exhibits were on the history of gold The Golden Calf to the Golden Record collected.
Shares
Ca. 600 exhibits to the exhibition International historical shares of gold, silver, platinum and diamond-mining
Menus
Since their honeymoon in 1959 and collected Gudrun Jürgen Abeler Menus from around the world. Only gradually did the idea to trace one of the 500-year-old menu and its history. From the wealth of 15,000 menus present the traveling exhibition is a selection of the 450 most interesting maps of subject Lucullus on the menus of the world.
Weinettiketten
In vino veritas - and art in the spirit of the times Wine Labels the world is the theme of this unique collection and exhibition, which aims to give with about 20,000 exhibits a broad overview of the history and design of the labels of all wine-growing regions of the world.
other
The collection The fire has two faces consists of about 2,000 exhibits.
Visitors
The clock museum and its exhibition has been seen by more than one million visitors from around the world. Among the visitors there were politicians like Konrad Adenauer, But also a lot of actors and international delegations.
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