Ruhla garde - Chess set - Garde - beech wood

Beautiful unique (made from dark beech wood) Garde chess or draughts 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
Nice specimen of beech wood..dial plate light beech wood
Winding mechanism is excellent

The tradition of Ruhla clockmaking dates back to 1890, the year when the first timepieces were built by Gebrüder Thiele - Uhren und Maschinenfabrik - Ruhla

The Garde chess clocks were first used at the Chess Olympiad in Leipzig in 1960 and since then also the official tournament clock at the world championships, including Karpov – Kasparov up to the PCA rematch between Kasparov and Short in 1993 in London - After this the digital clock made its entrance onto the World Championship podium.