Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 4/10/2007

Question
Hi- I have a Hermle clock movement that looks new and was wondering when it was made.  On back it says" H, Hermle, Black Forest Clocks, 451-050H, 94cm/66.

Thanks

Answer
Jerry- Hermle quit putting the year of manufacture on the back of their clocks in 1988- buyers of clocks made by furniture companies like Howard Miller , etc were getting upset customers to complain that the date on the movement did not match sometimes the year they bought the clock (what with shipping, handling, build time, storage and time on the retail showroom floor, etc.)

 Hermle started in 1988 coding the date with letters
A = 19