Ruhla Chess Clock / Schachuhr

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock from the 1960s. The clock is based on a variation of the calibre 6 alarm clock movement. Chess was very popular in the GDR as it was throughout the East European nations under Soviet influence.

Ruhla Chess Clock anc original box

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock – Front

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock box – 0 Jewel, EVP (unit sale price) of 27,60 DDR Marks

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock and box – 1960s

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock side

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock rear

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock 1960s Guarantee

UMF Ruhla Chess Clock Instructions

Ruhla Chess Clock at the 1960 Chess Olympiad Fischer (USA) vs Tal (USSR)

Wolfgang Uhlmann – GDR’s most successful chess palyer in 1967 – UMF Ruhla chess Clock

Thiel chess clock – 1940s/50s

Ruhla chess clock – Catalogue page 1960s

In 1993, the Ruhla Garde chess clock was the last non-digital clock to be used in a World Championship match between Garry Kasparov of Russia and Nigel Short of the UK.

Ruhla Garde Chess Clock – The last mechanical chess clock to be used in an international chess championship

Nigel Short (UK) vs Kasparov (RUS) 1993

Short vs Kasparov Final Game 1993