German 14K rose gold hunting cased lever watch Circa 1900

Rose gold full hunter by Julius Assmann
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A 14 carat rose gold hunting cased Glashütte lever pocket watch, circa 1900. Glazed ¾ plate movement, a piston tooth lever escapement and gold screw compensation balance. The gold cuvette is inscribed C Jägermann Nachf. Berlin W. White enamel dial with Arabic hours, an outer minute track, a sunk center and subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, spade & whip hands. A plain stepped case. Dial signed, case numbered, movement numbered and signed Glashütte, movement and case with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 119 g
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Signed: J-Assmann Glashütte I/Sachsen
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The case and movement number indicates a very early production, around 1850. However, since this timepiece is already equipped with a crown winding mechanism, ¾ plate and index spring fine adjustment, it can be assumed that the watch was made around 1900.

The Glashütte expert Hans-Georg Donner explains: The movement number 1850 is another Glashütte pocket watch made by J. Assmann for the Berlin company C. Jägermann. The number 32 additionally punched on the main plate of this watch allows the assumption that this is a pocket watch from a small series of pocket watches made by J. Assmann, especially for C. Jägermann. The type of production and the unusual way of marketing falls into the early years of the 20th century, an extremely critical economic time for the J. Assmann company and its new partner Georg Heinrich after the flood damage of 1897. Signatures from this period are also documented, such as Union Horlogere, of which J. Assmann was a member for a few years from 1903, as well as e.g. ‘Specially manufactured for’ Eigenmann in Nuremberg and Löbner company in Berlin. However, the standard five-digit serial numbering appropriate to the time was retained.
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The firm C. Jägermann Nachf. Berlin/W. was founded in 1866 and located at the corner of Friedrichstraße and Jägerstraße.