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Index No. A6104 Decorative Gold Hunter pocketwatch by Assman
A 19th Century German lever by Assman in a decorative gold full hunter case made for South American market.  Nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, screwed in jewelling in gold settings, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed silver dial with applied gold decoration. Subsidiary seconds, black Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Fine 18 carat full hunter case decoratively engine turned, chased and engraved. The front cover with a vacant shield shaped cartouche, the back cover with a central foliate design. Signed gold cuvette giving details of the movement, number corresponding to that on the movement.  
SignedJ Assman Dresden   3223
ConditionCirca 1870
CaseExcellent.
DialExcellent. Diameter 51 mm
MovementExcellent.
An excellent example from this famous German watchmaker who was on eof the earliest watchmakers used by the fim of Lange.  The case shows almost no sign of wear.
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