German 18K rose gold hunting cased lever watch Circa 1910

Rose gold monogrammed pocket watch by J. Assmann
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An 18 carat rose gold hunting cased Glashütte pocket watch, circa 1910. The movement with a lever escapement. White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued spade & whip hands. The polished case is engine turned on both sides, a monogrammed cartouche on the front. Dial signed, case and movement numbered. Comes with the original presentation box and papers.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 111 g
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Signed: J. Assmann Glashütte I/Sachsen
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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. The German Trade Industry soon awarded Assmann the gold medal. 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.