Hugo Junkers
Ingenious German aeroplane engineer, inventor of the double piston engine drive “Junkers Motor”, 1915 constructor of the first ever all metal aircraft making use of corrugated iron, 1930 construction of the 4-engine airliner “G38”, the “F13” and last-not-least 1931 the 3-BMW engine passenger airplane “Junkers JU 52”, “Aunt JU” was on duty for decades for Lufthansa and many other early airlines worldwide. The plane was in use for air-passengers and freight post cargo as it reached for the time, outstanding safety, reliability and punctuality.
In the 20’s and 30’s there were nearly no airlines worldwide where no JUNKERS planes were in action. Junkers aeroplanes achieved many flight world records ex: altitude record 1919, around the world 1930, 1st Atlantic Flight 1928, and the Himalayan flight 1937.
Nowadays a “JU52” has a predominant exhibition place at the German Museum in Munich, another plane is displayed at the international Munich airport. And …believe it or not, some few historic air transportation servers are still on duty for local tourist flights in Southern Germany.
About JUNKERS:
JUNKERS watches are designed and manufactured by POINTtec electronic GmbH, with registered office in Ismaning near Munich. POINTtec was founded in 1987 and was granted the right to use the names JUNKERS for the manufacture and distribution of watches in 1996.
All the JUNKERS watches are “Made in Germany” and are developed and produced by highly qualified staff in Germany. POINTtec uses reliable first-class, suppliers, who also provide renowned manufacturers of luxury watches with components.
The credo of the founder and owner of POINTtec, Mr Wili Birk, is to offer watches of the highest quality at the best possible price-performance ratio to the customer. In the lower segment POINTtec generally uses quartz movements from renowned producers such as ETA or Ronda. The mid and upper price segment is complemented with high-quality mechanical calibers, using movements from manufacturers such as ETA, Sellita, Citizen / Miyota and SEIKO. As well as the JUNKERS brand, POINTtec also has the trademark rights to ZEPPELIN as well as its own brand Maximillian Munchen.
Together with the famous company Rosenthal, the absolute specialists for porcelain POINTtec designs a series of elegant ladies’ watches with dials made of real Rosental porcelain. POINTtec is one of the leading manufacturers of watches in Germany.
