Together with the Japanese firm Seiko, Junghans developed a globally-oriented wristwatch that automatically sets the local time in respective time zones.
In 1995 Junghans presented a solar-powered watch with ceramic housing. In 1990 the first radio-controlled wristwatch, called the MEGA 1, followed, designed by Hartmut Esslinger and his firm Frog Design. In the late 1980s, Junghans introduced the first radio-controlled table clock on the world market. The company served as the official timekeeper for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Many of the firm's best-selling watches today are based on those designed by Bill. The relationship between Junghans and Bill lasted many years, and the company has continued to release new models based on his work. Beginning in the 1950s, the Bauhaus-trained designer Max Bill created products for the firm, notably the teardrop-shaped "Kitchen Clock with Timer", which can be found in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, and followed by a series of watches, the first of which launched in 1961. The company began to produce wristwatches in 1927, and over the following decades created clocks and watches for the civilian market and the German air force. By the year 1903, Junghans had the largest watch and clock factory, with over 3000 employees. On 15 April 1861 Erhard Junghans created the company Junghans und Tobler together with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler in Schramberg. A Junghans wrist watch, designed by Max Bill in the early 1960s.
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