Fine German 14 carat gold hunting cased lever watch Circa 1910

Pocket watch with very fine Glashütte movement
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A numbered gold hunting cased pocket watch made by Uhrenfabrik Union in Glashütte, Sachsen, Germany, circa 1910. This pocket watch was crafted from 14 carat pink gold, has a monogram on the front lid and comes in the, probably, original sales box. The white enamel dial has Arabic hours, a subsidiary dial with Arabic numerals at 6 o’clock and pink gold hands. The very fine Glashütte precision movement, has a gold lever escapement, a gold escape wheel and a minute wheel gold chaton.
Case and movement with matching numbers, dial and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 100 g
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Signed: Uhrenfabrik Union Glashütte in Sachsen
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Uhrenfabrik Union
Johannes Dürrstein founded the Uhrenfabrik Union in 1893. The watches produced were of outstanding quality and could be made to order with high value complications of all kinds. The range included pocket chronometers, tourbillons and perpetual calendars and usually came with a rating certificate from the Hamburg Observatory. Dürrstein always tried to satisfy the universally strong demand for high quality timepieces and mainly used premium Swiss movements which he bought and cased before selling them to his customers.

Johannes Dürrstein was born on August 22^nd, 1845 in Niederrad and died on May 7^th, 1901. Dürrstein grew up in a middle class family and completed a commercial apprenticeship at the Frankfurt watch wholesaler Ludwig & Fries. He was a German entrepreneur and together with his brother Friedrich, he established his own business in 1874. He repeatedly travelled to Switzerland on business and got to know the important watch manufacturers in the country. The company traded as Dürrstein & Co Glashütte and sold Swiss products as well as watches by A. Lange & Söhne. Nearly 20 years later Dürrstein founded the Uhrenfabrik Union.