J. Assmann, Dresden

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J. Assmann, Dresden

J Assmann, Dresden

A gold hunting cased watch for the South American Market, No. 5505

Circa 1885

• Movement: nickel ¾ plate, gold lever and escape wheel, 20 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, diamond endstone, signed and numbered J. Assmann, Dresden, no.5505

• Dial: silver dial, the centre decoratively chased and engraved with a gilded basket of flowers, chapter ring with engraved scrolls, black Roman numerals, outer minute ring, sunken subsidiary seconds, the border with silver and gold scrolling leaves and foliage, blued steel fleur-de-lys hands, signed J. Assmann

• Case: 18ct gold, highly decoratively chased and engraved covers, the front with symmetrically arranged scrolling foliage against a black champlevé ribbed ground, surrounded by geometrically patterned borders, the back similarly decorated and centred with a plant in flower, chased and engraved band, pendant and bow similarly decorated, hand-set lever beneath bezel between 4 and 5 o'clock, polished gold cuvette engraved with flowers and foliage and signed and numbered J. Assmann, Dresden, cuvette and back numbered no.5505, front cover numbered 05

Diameter 52mm. Weight: approx. 124.2 g