1960's - FAVAG Double-sided Clock

CHF 2,950.00

Classic industrial design double-sided train station clock. Made by the respected Swiss manufacturer FAVAG in Neuchâtel and dating from the mid-20th century.

Designed for high visibility and durability, the clock’s sturdy metal frame in classic FAVAG fawn green frames two soft white clock faces.

The clock has versatile mounting options and can be installed on the wall or ceiling, or used freestanding.

It retains two original FAVAG synchronous mechanisms, which works seamlessly with the VEEB Clock Driver for internet-accurate timekeeping, preserving its mechanical heritage while adding modern precision.

Classic industrial design double-sided train station clock. Made by the respected Swiss manufacturer FAVAG in Neuchâtel and dating from the mid-20th century.

Designed for high visibility and durability, the clock’s sturdy metal frame in classic FAVAG fawn green frames two soft white clock faces.

The clock has versatile mounting options and can be installed on the wall or ceiling, or used freestanding.

It retains two original FAVAG synchronous mechanisms, which works seamlessly with the VEEB Clock Driver for internet-accurate timekeeping, preserving its mechanical heritage while adding modern precision.

Who Made The Clock?

FAVAG - Switzerland

A Timeline of FAVAG

  • Mobatime 2002
    Bosshard Company is renamed Mobatime.
  • Moser-Baer 1989
    Ascom FAVAG is sold to Bosshard (Moser-Baer) Company.
  • Ascom Favag 1983
    After a merger between Hasler and Autophon, FAVAG SA is renamed Ascom FAVAG.
  • Favag AG 1927
    Forms an alliance with Hasler SA, resulting in the creation of FAVAG SA.
  • Favarger & Cie 1908
    Company transitions to Favarger & Cie through a limited partnership.
  • Peyer & Favarger, Succ. de M. Hipp 1889
    At the age of 75, Hipp retires and transfers management to engineers Albert Favarger and A. De Peyer, resulting in the renaming of the company to Peyer & Favarger, Succ. de M. Hipp.
  • Minute Jumpers 1869
    Hipp patents a system of impulses for slave clocks, known as 'minute jumpers’, a system that electric clocks use to make sure all clocks show the same time by adjusting them at the start of each minute.
  • Electric Clocks installed in Geneva 1862
    Hipp pioneers the installation of the first electric clock system in Geneva, initiating a movement that sees electric clocks steadily spreading across Europe.
  • Fabrique des tĂ©lĂ©graphes M.Hipp 1860
    Hipp applies the Hipp-toggle system to an electro-magnetic clock, drawing upon Alexander Bain's innovation, and establishes Fabrique des télégraphes M.Hipp in Neuchâtel, Switzerland marking the start of his own company. Over the next four decades, Hipp brings more than 20 inventions to technical maturity.
  • Swiss Goverment 1852
    Matthäus is appointed director of the national telegraph workshop by the Swiss government in Bern, Switzerland
  • Matthäus Hipp 1843
    Renowned as the 'Swiss Edison,' Hipp introduces the 'Hipp-toggle' mechanism, designed to regulate and maintain the motion of a clock's pendulum in a mechanical clock at an exhibition in Berlin.