102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 318
SAXONIA, Case No. 082584, 53 mm, 101 g, circa 1910
A decorative presentation hunting case pocket watch with a magnificent coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria
Case: 14k pink gold, florally lavishly engraved on all sides. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, screw compensation balance.
Albrecht Költzsch was the founder of a manufactory for the production of timepieces in Gruna near Dresden. Together with pocket watches, alarm clocks and pendulum clocks, the company had diamonds as well as gold- and silverware for sale. In advertisements, Költzsch mentions that his company was founded in 1878, while the factory itself only registered in Gruna in 1890. The company’s clientele were mostly railway employees. This customer base in combination with the fact that the cases of the timepieces were often decorated with relief images of railroad engines often lets today’s collectors think that timepieces made by Saxonia are railway watches and clocks, which is of course not correct.
Around 1910 the company sold pocket watches with Swiss movement under the retail name SAXONIA. Albrecht Költzsch promoted his Saxonia watches as specialities in the market segment of portable precision timepieces.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Albrecht_K%C3%B6ltzsch_(Uhrenfabrikation),
as of 02/27/2020
This watch with a fully chatoned movement in a marvelous Swiss gold case is a fine example of the high standard the company applied for its timepieces. As all SAXONIA watches, it bears the mark of the crowned woman with shield and sword.
A decorative presentation hunting case pocket watch with a magnificent coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria
Case: 14k pink gold, florally lavishly engraved on all sides. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, screw compensation balance.
Albrecht Költzsch was the founder of a manufactory for the production of timepieces in Gruna near Dresden. Together with pocket watches, alarm clocks and pendulum clocks, the company had diamonds as well as gold- and silverware for sale. In advertisements, Költzsch mentions that his company was founded in 1878, while the factory itself only registered in Gruna in 1890. The company’s clientele were mostly railway employees. This customer base in combination with the fact that the cases of the timepieces were often decorated with relief images of railroad engines often lets today’s collectors think that timepieces made by Saxonia are railway watches and clocks, which is of course not correct.
Around 1910 the company sold pocket watches with Swiss movement under the retail name SAXONIA. Albrecht Költzsch promoted his Saxonia watches as specialities in the market segment of portable precision timepieces.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Albrecht_K%C3%B6ltzsch_(Uhrenfabrikation),
as of 02/27/2020
This watch with a fully chatoned movement in a marvelous Swiss gold case is a fine example of the high standard the company applied for its timepieces. As all SAXONIA watches, it bears the mark of the crowned woman with shield and sword.
Sold
estimated
2.200—3.500 €
Price realized
1.500 €