# Jacob Auch

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**Jacob Auch** was a skillful German mechanic, instrument and clock-maker, born on 22 February 1765, in [Echterdingen](/source/Echterdingen), a town near [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart). In Echterdingen from 1781 till 1790 he served the famous [Philipp Matthäus Hahn](/source/Philipp_Matth%C3%A4us_Hahn).[1] The young Jacob was an apprentice of Hahn and worked in his workshop. From 1787 Auch opened his own workshop in [Vaihingen an der Enz](/source/Vaihingen_an_der_Enz), where he worked till 1798, and from 1798 till 1842 served as a ducal mechanic (*herzoglicher Hofuhrmacher*) at the [Weimar](/source/Weimar) court. He is well known as the author of two books on watchmaking, one of the books—*Handbuch für Landuhrmacher*, was published first time in 1827 and reprinted many times during the next century.

Jacob Auch died on 20 March 1842 in Weimar.

## References

1. Lang, Astrid & Windorf, Wiebke (2017-07-06). [*Blickränder: Grenzen, Schwellen und ästhetische Randphänomene in den Künsten*](https://books.google.com/books?id=jbYrDwAAQBAJ) (in German). Lukas Verlag. pp. 256–262. ISBN 978-3-86732-296-6.

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