German silver large Glashütte apprentice watch Circa 1910

Apprentice watch in silver and gold case
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A large apprentice watch, made by Gumal Schmidt, Glashütte, Germany, circa 1910. This full hunter watch features a case crafted from silver and gold and the white enamel dial has an outer ring with red Arabic five minute numerals, black Arabic hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock and gold hands. The Glashütte quality 1B movement has a lever escapement, a fine adjusting device, a gold lever, a gold escape wheel, a minute wheel and a gold chaton.
The case and movement are marked with the year this watch was made and the dial and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 120 g
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Signed: Deutsche Uhrmacher Schule
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A very fine timepiece of supreme quality, as is to be expected from a school watch made in Glashütte. In 1904, Gumal Schmidt was listed in the A. Lange & Söhne staff records as 56 years of age. It is remarkable that 6 years later at the age of 62 Schmidt became a master watchmaker at the watch- and clockmaking school in Glashütte.