Established by Erhard Junghans with Franz Xaver in 1861 in the Black Forest, making parts for clocks
In 1866 the Junghans brand was established and by 1870 they were producing 100 clocks per day. In 1870 Arthur Junghans, son of the founder took over and the company went ahead rapidly.
Following the registration as early as 1877 of the first factory trademark, "eagle with flag", the JUNGHANS trademark, a clock cogwheel fashioned into a eight-pointed star, became the brand symbol in 1890. Three years later, the millionth timepiece was produced. In 1903 JUNGHANS was the largest clock-maker in the world.
After war and dismantling, the end of the Black Forest clock-maker seemed to have come. But under great-grandson Helmuth JUNGHANS the work of reconstruction was begun.
1950..The forthcoming changes in technology from the mechanical to the electrical timepiece and the fundamental changes in structure in the newly developing common European market demanded a new orientation. On the 15th of December 1950 the Diehl group of companies bought the majority of JUNGHANS shares.
The first German quartz clock, the "Astro Chron" was introduced in 1967, followed in 1970 by the first quartz wristwatch, and a radio timepiece in 1985.