German silver lever watch with Art Nouveau stand Circa 1913

Silver Glashütte pocket watch by J. Assmann
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A silver open faced lever Glashütte pocket watch, circa 1913. Bridge movement, lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance. The cuvette inscribed Herrn Max Donate für 25 Jähr treue Dienste gew. von der Firma Seelhammer & Härtel Glashütte. White enamel dial with black Arabic hours, blue Arabic five-minute numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. A plain front bezel, the case back engine-turned. Comes with the original presentation box, a certificate and an Art Nouveau stand made by Achille Gamba. Dial signed, case numbered, movement signed and numbered, case and movement with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 111 g
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Signed: J. Assmann Glashütte i/Sachsen
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This timepiece was a gift from Seelhammer & Härtel, a retailer of wood products in Glashütte, to their employee Max Donath on his 25th anniversary with the company. The engine-turned pattern on the case is in immaculate condition. The watch comes with a pewter stand on a marble base created by the Italian artist Achille Gamba (1881-1944), who is famous for his many beautiful art nouveau objects.
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Julius Assmann was born in 1827 and died in 1886 at the age of 58. He was a passionate watchmaker in Glashütte, Germany. Assmann at one time was employed by his father-in-law, Ferdinand Adolph Lange, the man who laid the cornerstone of the German watchmaking industry in the 1840s. He founded his own company in 1852, the Julius Assmann Deutsche Präzisions-Taschenuhren-Fabrik (German Precision Pocket Watch Factory) producing key wound pocket watches. Assmann was soon awarded the gold medal by the German Trade Industry. Within two years, his watches progressed to crown winding and the three-quarter plates so characteristic of Glashütte. When he died his company was divided among the Assmann family.