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Lot Essay
US$20,000-32,000
With Glashütte Original Certificate of Genuineness dated 2 February 1998, Guarantee dated 6 March 1998, gold chain, product literature, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with an example of the Höroldt '96 book about the Meissen porcelain factory.
The present Julius Assmann 2 model is preserved in like new condition and is one of the very few examples of this model to appear at public auction to date. It is interesting to note that no. 03/25 was sold at Christie's in Geneva on 16 May 2000 for CHF70,500, lot 190, and no. 05/25 in this saleroom on 29 May 2013 for HKD562,500, lot 2815.
The Glashütte Original - Julius Assman 2 model was launched in 1997 and made a an exceedingly small limited edition of 25 examples only, each with an unique Meissen porcelain dial. The watch was the result of the collaboration between two of the most celebrated, traditional Saxonian manufacturers, the watch company Glashütte Original and the porcelain manufacturer Meissen.
The finely engraved calibre 52 movement resembles movements used in antique pocketwatches made for the Chinese market. Its ingenious case system allows using this exquisite timepiece either as wristwatch or as a pocketwatch suspended from the original solid 18K pink gold chain. The extremely thin dials made from finest Meissen porcelain are decorated with hand-painted motifs from the workbook of the famous Meissen porcelain painter Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1696-1775). Each dial is unique. The Meissen - Höroldt '96 book accompanying this watch explains and illustrates the work of Johann Gregorious Höroldt and the Meissen porcelain manufacture.
With Glashütte Original Certificate of Genuineness dated 2 February 1998, Guarantee dated 6 March 1998, gold chain, product literature, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging. Furthermore delivered with an example of the Höroldt '96 book about the Meissen porcelain factory.
The present Julius Assmann 2 model is preserved in like new condition and is one of the very few examples of this model to appear at public auction to date. It is interesting to note that no. 03/25 was sold at Christie's in Geneva on 16 May 2000 for CHF70,500, lot 190, and no. 05/25 in this saleroom on 29 May 2013 for HKD562,500, lot 2815.
The Glashütte Original - Julius Assman 2 model was launched in 1997 and made a an exceedingly small limited edition of 25 examples only, each with an unique Meissen porcelain dial. The watch was the result of the collaboration between two of the most celebrated, traditional Saxonian manufacturers, the watch company Glashütte Original and the porcelain manufacturer Meissen.
The finely engraved calibre 52 movement resembles movements used in antique pocketwatches made for the Chinese market. Its ingenious case system allows using this exquisite timepiece either as wristwatch or as a pocketwatch suspended from the original solid 18K pink gold chain. The extremely thin dials made from finest Meissen porcelain are decorated with hand-painted motifs from the workbook of the famous Meissen porcelain painter Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1696-1775). Each dial is unique. The Meissen - Höroldt '96 book accompanying this watch explains and illustrates the work of Johann Gregorious Höroldt and the Meissen porcelain manufacture.