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Tabea Rude, MA
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Biography
Born in Siegen, Germany, in 1989; apprenticed as a watchmaker in Pforzheim; studies in Dynamic Object Conservation at West Dean College & the University of Sussex, graduated with a master’s degree; Conservator in residence at the electromechanical clock museum The Clockworks in London. Conservator for clocks and automata at the Wien Museum since 2017; additionally, contact person for the clock collection since 2019.
Research interest
• Early electrical time keeping and distribution 1850-1950
• Use and degradation of historical plastic insulation
• Tactical timekeeping in convoys at sea during the First and Second World War
• Fire alarm telegraphy
Collection Responsibilities
- Clock collection
Curatorial location responsibilities
- Uhrenmuseum
