108th Auction

2023/5/20

Lot 101

J. Assmann

A Glashuette hunting case gold pocket watch

Sold

estimated
2.0003.000 €
Price realized
3.500 €
specific features
Case
14 K pink gold, glazed movement, gold dome with signature "C. Jägermann Nachf. Berlin/W.".
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.1743
Diam.55 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Germany
Wt.119 g


Case and movement numbers imply a very early production around 1850. However, as this pocket watch already features a windind crown, a ¾ plate and an index spring fine adjustment device, it can be assumed that it was produced around 1900.
Glashütte expert Hans-Georg Donner states on the subject:
Another Glashütte pocket watch, created by the J. Assmann manufactory for the company C. Jägermann in Berlin is documented with movement no. 1850. The additional number 32 on the plate indicates that the watch is part of a small series of pocket watches, which Assmann produced specially for the C. Jägermann company. The way of production and the unusual marketing fall in the early years of the 20th century, which was - after the flood damage in 1897 - an economically difficult time for the J. Assmann company and their new partner Georg Heinrich. There are also documented signatures such as Union Horlogere from this time, where the company was a member for a few years starting in 1903, or "Besonders gefertigt für" (specially created for) the companies Eigenmann in Nuremberg and Löbner in Berlin. However the contemporary 5-digit movement numbering system was always adhered to.


The watch manufactory and catalogue firm C. Jägermann Nachf. Berlin/W. was founded in 1866 and located at the corner of Friedrichstraße and Jägerstrasse.