About LIMES
Limes Watch Manufactory History |
Karl Ickler founded the family company Ickler GmbH in Pforzheim in 1924. He had initially worked as a production manager in foreign companies. The know-how learned flowed into his newly founded watch company, developing and manufacturing watches and watch cases. In 1947, the sons Heinz and Kurt Ickler rebuilt the production that had been idle during the war. |
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Watchtown Pforzheim History |
In April 1767, Margrave Karl Friedrich von Baden laid the foundation for the development of the watch industry in Pforzheim. The establishment of a watch factory in the Pforzheim orphanage effected in a aspiring regional jewelry and watch industry. The aim was to guide the orphans through a possible education on the way to economical self-preservation. In 1849 the "watchmaker's trade association" for the Württemberg Black Forest was founded. |