Andreas Hohwü (July 18, 1803 in

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– October 28, 1885) was a Danish clockmaker active in Amsterdam. Andreas Hohwü was born in Gråsten (

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) on the border of Denmark and Germany. He was the son of the clockmaker Thomas Hohwü, and in 1829 he trained with Johann Heinrich Kessels (1781–1849) in Altona. In 1834 he travelled to Paris to study with

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and worked in his workshop until 1839. In 1840 he moved to

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where he started his own workshop making clocks. His regulators were known for their precision and he supplied astronomical laboratories all over Europe.Teylers instrument website
/ref> He was awarded the Dutch honorary title orde van de Eikenkroon in 1849 and the title

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in 1869.

References

Andreas Hohwü on watch-wiki.org

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hohwu, Andreas 1803 births 1885 deaths People from Sønderborg Municipality People from the Duchy of Schleswig Danish clockmakers Immigrants to the Netherlands