Rare German silver and rose gold hunting cased watch Circa 1910

Silver and rose gold anchor chronometer 
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A fine and rare German silver and rose gold hunting cased keyless pocket watch made by Max Gutkaes in Dresden, circa 1910. Rhodium plated ¾ plate movement with 17 jewels, some in screwed gold chatons, a straight line Lange lever escapement, Lange type Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, overcoil and mobile screw stud, gold escape wheel and pallet fork, banking in a pinhole, diamond endstone an a swan neck micrometric regulator. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, an outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and original blued steel spade hands. The polished case with rose gold hinges, a thumb piece and hinged silver cuvette. Case signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Max Gutkaes Glashütte
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Max Gutkaes, born on July 7th, 1861, was a respected German master watch case maker based in Glashütte, Germany. He specialized in designing and manufacturing high quality silver and gold pocket watch cases.
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Gutkaes apprenticed at the legendary watchmaking firm A. Lange & Söhne, the true pioneer of the Glashütte watch industry. In 1889, he opened his own independent workshop at Bahnhofstraße 17 in Glashütte.
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His atelier supplied exclusive watch cases to leading manufacturers such as A. Lange & Söhne and Richard Gläser. His cases were also used for the finest masterpieces created by students at the prestigious Deutsche Uhrmacherschule Glashütte (DUS).
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Max Gutkaes was part of an influential family within the Saxon watchmaking industry:

• He was the nephew of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, the founder of A. Lange & Söhne.
• His grandfather was Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes, the renowned Dresden court watchmaker who, among other things, built the iconic five minute clock for the Semperoper in Dresden.