The Swabian journeyman watchmaker Christoph Bühler is in love with Lorle, the daughter of his boss. One day, the factory owner Ferdinand Hausegger woos Bühler away, whereupon the young man seems to forget the Swabian girl. Only after four years does he propose to her, but the marriage is not under a good star. While Christoph, who has long since moved away from the Swabian province with his wife, makes a career for himself, he neglects his Lorle more and more and soon seems ashamed of her simple origins. Feeling unloved and misunderstood, Lorle finally leaves him and returns to her familiar home in the Black Forest. Only now does Christoph realize what he has in his wife. He is transferred and becomes the manager of a Hausegger branch in the Black Forest. Now nothing stands in the way of reconciliation.
Ossi Oswalda
as Lorle Schmied
Carl Auen
as Uhrmachergeselle Christoph Bühler
Fritz Achterberg
as Sohn Fred Hausegger
Hermann Böttcher
as Kammerherr
Aenderly Lebius
as Fabrikbesitzer Ferdinand Hausegger
Paul Passarge
as Uhrmacher Johann Schmied
