Ruhla Garde - Chess set - Garde GDR - beech wood

Beautiful unique (made with dark beechwood) Gardé chess or draught clock...made by Ruhla in former East Germany..GDR
In very good condition.; runs perfectly..everything original.
Buttons and little wings present...no rust on the back plate..totally cool..new condition
Nice specimen of beech wood..dial plate in light beech wood
Material: Housing of natural beech wood, metal rings and glass front covers.
Winding mechanism is fine

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

The Gardé chess clocks were first seen at the Chess Olympiad in Leipzig in 1960 and since then have also been the official tournament clock at the World Championships, e.g. Karpov – Kasparov up to the PCA rematch between Kasparov and Short in 1993 in London - After this the digital clock made its entry onto the World Championship podium.