Ruhla DDR - Chess set - Garde - beech wood

Beautiful unique Gardé chess or checkers clock...made by Ruhla in East Germany..GDR
In good condition; runs perfectly...everything original.
Buttons and little wings present...no rust on the back plate
Beautiful specimen of beech wood...
Winding mechanism is fine
Clock made around 1960...65 years old ...super beautiful
For the collector or ardent chess players or checkers players...completes the game

The tradition of Ruhla clock production goes back to 1890, the year in which the first movements were built by Gebroeders Thiele - Uhren und Maschinenfabrik - Ruhla

The Gardé chess clocks were first featured at the Chess Olympiad in Leipzig in 1960 and since then have also been the official competition clock at world championships, including Karpov – Kasparov up to the PCA-tie between Kasparov and Short in 1993 in London - Afterwards the digital clock made its entrance on the WK podium.