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 +====== Roskopf, Georg Friedrich ======
 +**Georg Friedrich Roskopf** was a German watchmaker.
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 +Georg Friedrich Roskopf was born on March 15, [[1813]] in Niederweiler near Lörrach and died on April 14, [[1889]] in Bern.
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 +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.
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 +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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 +{{tag>Biographies}}
  

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