52,500 CHF
Glashütte Pink Gold Convertible Flying Tourbillon pocket/wristwatch Glashütte Original, Glashütte in Sachsen, "Julius Assmann - Tourbillon ", No. 6/25. Made in a limited edition of 25 examples, sold on December 18th, 2001. Extremely fine and rare, convertible, center seconds, 18K pink gold pocket/wristwatch with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator in the style of Alfred Helwig, perpetual calendar, moon phase and an 18K pink gold J. Assmann buckle. Accompanied by an 18K gold fancy link chain, setting pin, special spherical wooden fitted box and certificate. Four-body, solid, polished, ribbed bezel, stepped concave lugs, hinged back cover over transparent cover to view the movement, sapphire crystals, detachable from the wristwatch case to be worn as a pocket watch. 18K white gold and mother-of-pear with pink gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary dias for the months, day and date, aperture for the moon phase, outer minute track, outermost 1/5 second divisions. Pink gold skeletonized cathedral hands. Notes To celebrate the 175th anniversary of one of Germany’s most significant watchmakers, Glashütte Original introduced the “Julius Assmann 3” tourbillon watch in 2002. Born in Stettin on Oct. 2, 1827, young Julius Assmann learned watchmaking and in 1850 traveled to Glashütte to perfect his craft. At the time, the industry in the small struggling town in Saxony’s Müglitz valley was just 5 years old. Assmann found employment with Ferdinand Adolph Lange, who had
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
