Johann Baptist Beha (1815 - 1898) was a prestigious Black Forest clockmaker born in (Eisenbach). He was trained by his father, the master clockmaker (1764-1868), in his workshop where he built around 365 clocks between 1839 and 1845. At that time V. Beha was already known for the quality of his clocks, he made the so-called Shield cuckoo clocks. In 1845 Johann B. Beha founded his own clockshop in Eisenbach, beginning the manufacturing of his celebrated clocks.