Moritz Grossmann, Dresden

A GOLD HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH MADE FOR THE SOUTH AMERICAN MARKET CIRCA 1880 NO. 4329

• Movement: decoratively engraved nickel ¾ plate, gold lever, bi-metallic compensation balance, diamond-set endstone, movement signed and numbered M. Grossmann, Dresden, no.4329
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, blued steel hands, subsidiary seconds, signed M. Grossmann, Dresden
• Case: 18ct gold, highly chased and engraved on both sides with floral motifs and monopodiums with griffin heads, gold cuvette signed and numbered M. Grossmann, 4329

diameter 53mm

Provenance:
Carl Moritz Grossmann, a visionary watchmaker, trained under both Gutkaes and Lange. Grossman worked for a short time for Lange in the early days of the firm. He opened his own business in Glashütte on Lange's advice in 1852 and established a reputation not only as a watchmaker, but also as an accomplished writer. His work as a technical writer helped spread the popularity of Lange's inventions, which led to their subsequent adoption by the reigning Swiss watchmaking industry. Grossman was a driving force behind the Deutsch Uhrmacher Schule in Glashütte and became the Chair of the school in 1878.