German half hunting cased pocket watch in quality 1A Circa 1887

Gold Glashütte pocket watch by Adolf Schneider
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A very fine, rare Glashütte half hunting cased pocket watch in quality 1A, circa 1887.
Polished 18-carat pink gold case with blue enamel Roman numerals. Signed white enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minutes track, subsidiary dial for the seconds, and gold Poires double effet hands. 3/4 plate movement, gold screwed compensation balance.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 128 g
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Signed: Adolf Schneider Glashütte B/Dresden
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Friedrich August Adolf Schneider (1824-1878)
Friedrich August Adolf Schneider was born in Dresden in 1824 and began his apprenticeship with Gutkaes in 1841. In 1845 Schneider decided to follow his friend and future brother-in-law Adolph Lange to Glashuette and be a foreman in his newly set-up watch manufacture. After working with Lange for 6 years, Schneider went on to start his own watchmaking company in 1851. He produced key winding pocket watches at first but changed to winding crowns around 1865 when Lange’s patented winding crown system was established. Schneider exported numerous watches to the US;his local agent was Max Freund & Co. in New York. After Schneider’s sudden death in 1878 his son continued the business. All in all, the company produced about 2,000 pocket watches of the finest quality.