Rare splendour German pocket watch in quality 1A Circa 1870

Gold/white gold pocket watch by Julius Assmann
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A unique German engraved gold open faced pocket watch of outstanding quality, probably one of a kind, circa 1870. This remarkable watch features an 18K pink gold/white gold case engraved in a chequered pattern. It also has a screwed gold crown and an 18K gold punch. The case and movement share the same matching number of 4744. The watch also boasts a very early special quality Assmann precision lever movement with a solid gold minute wheel, gold lever, gold escape wheel, screwed gold chatons, and a diamond endstone. The dial is pink gold/white gold and features blue Arabic radial hours, an outer minutes track, and blued steel hands.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 129 g
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Signed: Julius Assmann Dresden 1A
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This collector’s piece is in excellent condition, nearly unworn, and in working order. It is also considered to be of museum quality. It is possibly unique, created for an exhibition, or commissioned by a special client.
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Julius Assmann
Julius Assmann was a skilled watchmaker born in 1827 in Glashütte, Germany. He worked for his father-in-law, Ferdinand Adolph Lange, who is credited with establishing the German watchmaking industry in the 1840s. Assmann founded his own company, the Julius Assmann Deutsche Präzisions-Taschenuhren-Fabrik (German Precision Pocket Watch Factory) 1852. His company produced key wound pocket watches that soon earned him a gold medal from the German Trade Industry. Within two years, his watches progressed to crown winding and the three-quarter plates that became characteristic of Glashütte watches. Assmann died in 1886 at the age of 58, and his company was divided among his family.