1944 - Schulze Munich anchor chronometer with full calendar

Schulze Munich anchor chronometer with full calendar Court watchmaker Gustav Schulze, Munich, c. 1900, very heavy savonnette doublé case, stamped 800 silver, with the inner surfaces of the covers also ornamentally guilloché; a museum-quality, oversized German anchor chronometer with full calendar and moon phase, signed G. Schulze/J. Minuttis Nachf. on the dust cover. Court Watchmaker, Munich, ‘Remontoir Chatons 17 Rubis Quantiémes Phases Lunaires’, high-quality glazed bridgework with pearl-finish, featuring a large chronometer balance, screw-mounted gold chatons and rose-gold gear train, original, signed enamel dial, displaying the date, day, month and moon phase, blued steel hands, a minimal hairline crack within the minute scale, an extremely rare German precision watch in very fine condition, D 70 mm, G approx. 348 g. Info: Gustav Schulze was court watchmaker to King Ludwig II; he is first mentioned in 1875 and was the successor to the Munich court watchmaker Joseph Minutti; his shop was located at Ledererstraße 4 in Munich. Among other pieces, he crafted a half-savonnette with a full calendar and quarter-hour repeater for King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Source: Internet.