German gold lever watch with chronometer balance Circa 1897

Gold full hunter by B. Junge & Söhne 
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An extremely rare German 14 carat gold hunting cased Louis XV lever pocket watch with chronometer balance, circa 1897. Glashütte precision lever movement, similarly constructed as Lange & Söhne, hand-engraved balance cock, gold balance wheel, gold lever. White enamel dial with black Arabic hours, red Arabic minutes, subsidiary seconds and rose gold Louis XV hands. Louis XV case with large lateral hinge, plain, monogram on the front. Dial signed, case numbered, movement signed and numbered, case and movement with matching numbers. Comes with the original box, original papers and a solid 14 carat watch chain, weighing 50 g, circa 43 cm long. The clasp and spring ring were replaced and not gold.
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Diameter: 53.5 mm
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Weight: 111 g
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Signed: B. Junge & Söhne Glashütte bei Dresden
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This extremely rare Glashütte gold hunting cased piece in chronometer quality is in completely original condition with original box and papers.
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Pocket watches made by B. Junge & Söhne Glashütte in this original condition are museum collectors’ pieces and much rarer than comparable watches from A. Lange & Söhne. The original box still contains an originally packed spare glass, also numbered 1258. It is assumed that the company only produced circa 300 high-quality Glashütte precision pocket watches between 1891 and 1900. It is particularly remarkable that the company, which can be described as a ‘lateral entrant’, was able to offer a test certificate from the Deutsche Seewarte in Hamburg or the Königlichen Sternwarte in Leipzig for all watches it produced.