Julius Carl Friedrich Assmann

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Julius Assmann (1827-1886)
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Julius Carl Friedrich Assmann (born October 2, 1827 in Stettin , † August 15, 1886 in Glashütte ) was a German watchmaker who worked as a watchmaker and watch manufacturer in Glashütte in the second half of the 19th century.

Life

After attending school in Stettin, Julius Aßmann began an apprenticeship as a watchmaker at the age of 16 with a local master craftsman. After graduation, he went to Berlin as a watchmaker's assistant, where he acquired further knowledge. He soon devoted himself exclusively to the production of new watches. Julius Aßmann applied to A. Lange & Cie. Through the existing contacts of the Berlin watchmaker (presumably the Berlin chronometer maker Christian Friedrich Tiede ) .

In 1852, on the advice of and with the support of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, he founded the J. Assmann Deutsche Anker watch factory in Glashütte. The spelling of the name Assmann with "ss" in the company name is probably due to the export orientation to the overseas market. Together with the protagonists of the Glashütte watch industry, Ferdinand Adolph Lange, Adolf Schneider and Moritz Großmann, Julius Aßmann played a key role in the development of the Glashütte precision pocket watch , which was only finally fully developed in 1865.

Julius Aßmann manufactured watches whose quality was in no way inferior to that of A. Lange & Cie., Which operated under the name of A. Lange und Söhne from 1867, as evidenced by the awards acquired at national and international exhibitions.

Julius Assmann refused an attempt to entice him away from the Prussian state government during the development of the Glashütte precision watch with the typical ¾ plate in 1860, which was intended to win him over to the establishment of a watch industry in Silesia comparable to Glashütte .

From 1860 Julius Aßmann was editor of the watchmaker's journal "Spiralia". He was a member of the local committee in preparation for the establishment of the Glashütte watchmaking school of the Central Association of German Watchmakers in 1877, on whose supervisory board Julius Aßmann was represented from the beginning until 1886. After Moritz Großmann's death in 1885, Julius Aßmann took over the role of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the watchmaking school. The construction of a school building was actively supported with donations.

family

On July 31, 1853, Julius Aßmann married Emilie Auguste Schneider, the daughter of an official in the Royal Saxon War Ministry in Dresden. The son Paul Friedrich Adolph Aßmann, born on August 28, 1854, comes from this marriage. After his first wife died in early 1864 at the age of only 35, he married Marie Antonie Lange on December 2, 1865, the eldest daughter of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, the founder of the Glashütte watch industry.

Julius Aßmann trained his son Paul to be a watchmaker and let him perfect his skills at the watchmaking school in Le Locle in Switzerland. A further two years of experience abroad enabled Paul Assmann to take on a responsible role as a partner when he returned to his father's company in 1877.

After Julius Assmann's death, his son Paul Assmann initially successfully continued the company as the sole owner.

Web links

Commons : Julius Assmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Church registers of the city of Glashütte
  2. ↑ a b German watchmaker newspaper. 1886, No. 17, p. 129.
  3. ↑ Glassworks Saxony 1506 to 2006. 500 years of city history. City administration Glashütte, ISBN 3-937951-31-8 , p. 257.
  4. ↑ a b Report of the Assessment Commission at the general German industrial exhibition in Munich in 1854.
  5. ^ German watchmaker newspaper. May 1, 1885, No. 9, advertising section.
  6. ↑ In memory of Mr. Ferdinand Adolph Lange…; In memory of the 50-year existence…. Luis Klemich-Druck, Dresden 1895, p. 19.
  7. ^ Jörg Hein: Julius Assmann 1827-1886. On the 100th anniversary of death on August 15, 1986. In: Fachzeitschrift Uhren und Schmuck. No. 4, Berlin 1986, p. 121.
  8. ↑ Deutsche Industrie Zeitung 1862, No. 36, pp. 400–401; Directory of the exhibitors from the Kingdom of Saxony awarded at the London industrial exhibition
  9. ^ "Rundschau" extraordinary newspaper supplement. No. 15, year 1895, S. Fischer, Berlin, p. 6, column 3 and 4th
  10. ↑ "Spiralia". Year sheet of the clock factory. No. 15, Glashütte December 7, 1860, printing and printing by Carl Jene, Dippoldiswalde.
  11. ^ German watchmaker newspaper. 1877, No. 22, p. 155.
  12. ↑ a b German watchmaker newspaper. 1885, No. 21, p. 157.
  13. ^ German watchmaker newspaper. 1911, No. 13, p. 223.
  14. ^ German watchmaker newspaper. 1889, No. 21, p. 61.
personal data
SURNAME Assmann, Julius Carl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German watch manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1886
Place of death Glashütte (Saxony)