Erwin Sattler
Precision pendulum clocks, table clocks, wristwatches and watch winders. In-house movements with up to 601 parts. Entirely manufactured in Gräfelfing (Munich).
Family clock manufactory since 1958 with 99% production depth. Movements entirely manufactured in-house in Gräfelfing, up to 601 parts per calibre. Independent across three generations.
Philosophy
"What you cannot buy, you simply have to make yourself." Heinrich Sattler's motto, passed down through three generations. 99% production depth, movements manufactured entirely in-house, noble materials (agate, rubies, gold, hardened brass). Clocks designed to last centuries.
History
Heinrich Sattler, a clockmaker, patented a desk clock with perpetual calendar in 1903. Nearly sixty years later, in 1958, his grandson Erwin, also a clockmaker, founded his own manufactory in Gräfelfing near Munich. Early pieces included wall and table clocks with hand-carved, poliment-gilded cases. Viola Sattler, Erwin's wife and an artist, hand-painted certain models.
In 1989, Stephanie Sattler joined the company. From 1992, the transformation began: Erwin Sattler evolved from a clock company into a full manufactory, with the goal of producing its own movements. By 2002, production depth exceeded 90%. That same year, Erwin retired and handed the reins to his daughter Stephanie Sattler-Rick and watchmaker Richard Müller.
The manufactory also launched an unprecedented concept: precision pendulum clock kits assembled by the customer (Müller & Sattler Uhrenbausatz GmbH). In 2006, the company moved to a larger building, still in Gräfelfing, whose facade houses the world's largest precision pendulum clock, with a pendulum nearly eight meters long.
In 2019, Richard Müller retired. Master clockmakers Markus Glöggler and Jürgen Kohler joined Stephanie Sattler-Rick in management. The manufactory employs clockmakers who work on movements containing up to 601 parts. A single movement can take up to two years to complete. Materials are uncompromising: hardened brass up to 5mm thick, steel arbors, agate pallets, jewel bearings, gold plating for oxidation protection.