J. Assmann Glashutte. A Fine 18ct Gold Keyless Lever Full Hunter Pocket Watch C1900

J. Assmann Glashutte. A Fine 18ct Gold Keyless Lever Full Hunter Pocket Watch C1900.

Dial: The white enamel fully signed J. Assmann Glashutte 1/Sachsen dial with distinctive Arabic numerals outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at six o'clock with matching blued steel spade hands and blued steel seconds hand.

Case: The heavy 18ct gold case with a monogram to the front cover and a plain back cover. The inner cover has the retailer engraved on it, Spangenberg y Freccero Montevideo. The cases are all fully hallmarked and signed.

Movement: The superb keyless lever A quality movement fully jewelled with screwed in chatons to the centre arbor and diamond endstone to the balance. The fine micrometer regulation with compensation balance, overcoil hairspring and wide arc lever.

Julius Assmann (1827-1886) came to Glashütte to work for A Lange. In 1852, Assmann founded his own factory – the J. Assmann Deutsche Anker Uhren Fabrik – for the manufacture of precision pocket watches. Assmann was good at his job, and in their time his watches were as well regarded as Lange’s. This company remained in business until 1926. This watch is a fine example of his craftsmanship.