Hipp, Matthäus

Matthias Hipp (1815-1895)

Bio: * 1813, Blaubeuren, Germany; † 1893, Zurich, Switzerland
Career: Apprenticeship as a clockmaker with Johannes Eichenhofen in Blaubeuren; 1832-34 work with the then famous clockmaker V. Stoß in Ulm; about 1835 work in a clock factory in Saint-Aubin; 1840 opening of a clockmaker workshop in Reutlingen; contact with various physicians such as Steinheil and Reusch; 1842 made his first electric clock with a toggle mechanism for switching the current; 1852 director of the Telegraphenwerkstätte founded by the Schweizerische Bundesrat in order to build up a telegraph network; 1860 resignation of the federal service and foundation of his own telegraph factory in Neuenburg which later passed over to Albert Favarger and Alfred von Peyer and which now forms part of the Hasler group under the name FAVAG.
Degrees: Dr. h. c., University of Zurich, 1875

Hipp, Matthäus. 1876. Les horloges électriques. Neuchatel (Suisse). Trade Catalogue

Hipp, Matthäus. 1877. Prix-courant illustré de la fabrique de télégraphes et appareils électriques, Section C: Pendules, Régulateurs et horloges électriques. Sonneries électriques et Fils conducteurs, accessoires divers. Paratonnerres. Neuchatel, Suisse. Trade Catalogue

Hipp, Matthäus. 1880. Illustrirtes Preisverzeichnis der Telegraphen-Fabrik in Neuenburg (Schweiz), Abtheilung C: Electrische Pendeluhren, Regulatoren, Sympathische Uhren. Neuenburg (Schweiz). Trade Catalogue

Hipp, Matthäus. 1869. Illustrirter Katalog der elektrischen Apparate der Neuenburger Telegraphenfabrik. Director M. Hipp. Abtheilung C. Elektrische Pendel=Uhren - Elektrische Zeigerwerke - Regulatoren - Elektrische Läutwerke. Neuenburg. Trade Catalogue