111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 30
J. AssmannAnkerchronometer
An extremely rare, very fine and almost new Glashuette hunting case pocket watch - lever chronometer
Sold
estimated
6.800—9.000 €
Price realized
8.200 €
specific features
Case
14 K pink gold, case design "Louis XV à goutte", smooth, glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.13476
Diam.58 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Germany
Wt.150 g
Lever chronometers by J. Assmann are even rarer than pocket chronometers by A. Lange & Söhne. The sister watch, no. 13473 is described and illustrated in Reinhard Meis: "Great Timepieces From Saxony", vol. 1, p. 207.