German 18K rose gold hunting cased lever with chain Circa 1867

Rose gold richly engraved full hunter by Julius Assmann
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A very fine German 18 carat rose gold hunting cased lever pocket watch and a chain with medallion, circa 1860-1875. The nickel plated ¾ plate movement with a lever escapement, screwed gold chatons and a diamond endstone on the balance wheel. Silvered dial with engraved scrollwork, lavishly decorated with applied multi coloured gold flowers and foliage, Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued fleur-de-lys hands. The highly engraved case with a blank cartouche on the front, band, pendant and bow are decorated to match. Dial, cuvette and movement signed, case, movement and cuvette with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 64.5 mm
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Weight: 179 g
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Signed: J. Assmann Dresden
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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. Assmann was soon awarded the gold medal by the German Trade Industry. 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.