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<p>[QUOTE="hunt2, post: 9731574, member: 85118"]Just to round thing up here a nice fact about Burk clocks or punch clocks and then the circle is complete. Thank you everyone who has helped me out with this topic. Here is the fact:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Württembergische Uhrenfabrik Bürk Söhne was founded by Johannes Bürk (1819-1872) in Schwenningen am Neckar (today Villingen-Schwenningen) in 1855. The original factory is now a museum. Initially the company made watches and night watchman time recorders and other instruments. From the 1920s it became known for industrial master clocks and time systems. In 1900 Bürk and Bundy from the US founded International Time Recording, that later became IBM. In 1985 Bürk was taken over by Kienzle, but retained the name Bürk Zeitsysteme. The history of the company is then that of Kienzle. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bürk master clocks are recognised of being of high quality, reliable and accurate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hunt2, post: 9731574, member: 85118"]Just to round thing up here a nice fact about Burk clocks or punch clocks and then the circle is complete. Thank you everyone who has helped me out with this topic. Here is the fact: The Württembergische Uhrenfabrik Bürk Söhne was founded by Johannes Bürk (1819-1872) in Schwenningen am Neckar (today Villingen-Schwenningen) in 1855. The original factory is now a museum. Initially the company made watches and night watchman time recorders and other instruments. From the 1920s it became known for industrial master clocks and time systems. In 1900 Bürk and Bundy from the US founded International Time Recording, that later became IBM. In 1985 Bürk was taken over by Kienzle, but retained the name Bürk Zeitsysteme. The history of the company is then that of Kienzle. Bürk master clocks are recognised of being of high quality, reliable and accurate.[/QUOTE]
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