Uhrenfabrik-Union Glashütte in Saxony

classic pocket watch, c. 1900
Case: gold 585, savonette, numbered 85440, diameter c. 55 mm
Movement: manual winding, gilt lever movement, numbered 85440, one screwed chaton, compensation balance, Breguet overcoil spring, precision adjust, blued screws
Dial: enamel, Arabic numerals, small seconds
In 1894, the merchant Johannes Dürrstein founded the company Dürrstein & Compagnie in Dresden. After the end of the joint business relationship with the company A. Lange & Söhne, Dürrstein established his own watch production in Glashütte in 1893.
Specialist: Günter Eichberger