Heavy German 18K gold quality 1A lever pocket watch Circa 1870

Gold full hunter by Julius Assmann
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A heavy 18 carat gold hunting cased quality 1A Glashütte lever pocket watch, circa 1870. ¾ Plate movement, a piston tooth lever escapement and screw compensation balance. The cuvette is engraved with foliage and technical details. Two-tone silvered dial with black Roman hours on an engine turned chapter ring, outer minute dots, a florally engraved center, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, outermost applied gold floral ornaments and decorative hands. An engine turned case, the bezels, band, pendant and bow are floral engraved, a florally engraved cartouche with monogram FH on the front. Dial signed, case numbered, cuvette and movement signed and numbered, case and movement with matching numbers.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 122 g
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Signed: J. Assmann Dresden
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Due to the magnificent 18 carat case and the elaborately designed dial, this watch was presumably made for the U.S. market, which was still Assmann’s main sales area at the time. The engraving ‘J. Assmann Dresden’ on the gold cuvette and the movement also confirm this assumption. The law in the U.S.A. required the indication of the watch’s origin since Glashütte was not yet known at the time, A. Lange & Cie and Julius Assmann signed their pocket watches intended for export with ‘Dresden’.