1 - B. Junge & Söhne

B. Junge & Söhne A rare Glashuette silver pocket watch Movm. No. 1300, Case No. 1300, Dimensions 52 mm, circa 1900, Weight 101 g, Origin Deutschland Case: Silver, guilloché pattern. Dial: Enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance. In the late 19th century, watch and clock wholesaler J. Bernhard Junge from Dresden was one of the most famous men in the German horological industry. In 1891 he moved from retailing timepieces to their production and established a manufactory together with his sons - this was the birth of the B. Junge & Söhne brand. Like most of the makers in Glashütte at the time, the individual components were produced by the local cottage industry specialists. The timepieces that are known today bear numbers between 1,000 and 1,300. Watch production in Glashütte was discontinued in 1901. As the company only produced pocket watches in Glashütte for about a decade, only a few watches from the production of B. Junge & Söhne are known today. The company advertised the fact that it was able to obtain an observatory certificate for all its watches. Case: very good, slightly rubbed. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.