====== Roskopf, Georg Friedrich ======
**Georg Friedrich Roskopf** was a German watchmaker.

Georg Friedrich Roskopf was born on March 15, [[1813]] in Niederweiler near Lörrach and died on April 14, [[1889]] in Bern.

He opened [[1868]] in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] a watch factory for producing cheaper, but also more reliable [[pocket watch]]es. He is considered a pioneer in the field of industrial mass production. The simplified [[gear train]] named after him and the applied [[pin-lever escapement]] were successfully built as Roskopf watch in large numbers till the beginning of the second half of the 20th century.

Roskopf watches were sometimes pejoratively called "montre du prolétaire" (proletarian's watches). In fact, they made a significant contribution to the development of the watch as a luxury object to a commodity for large segments of the population.


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