Julius Assmann was a  watch manufacturer.Julius Assmann as one of the pioneers of the watch industry is closely linked with the  watches history. He was was born in Stettin on 2 October and there he learned the craft of watchmaking. He gained further knowledge at Berlin chronometer makers before he worked from  at  in whose company . , on the advice of Lange he opened a watch  in , the  J. Assmann/Glashütte i.SA, Deutsche Anker-Uhren-Fabrik.Assmann in  he married the sister of the Dresden master watchmaker , Emilie Auguste Schneider. From this marriage comes his son Paul. After the death of his first wife, in  he married the daughter Marie of  and so became his son in law.Julius Assmann contributed to the establishment of the  in Glashütte and in  was elected its chairman. He died a year later, on August 15, .In honor of the merits of Assmann and as a demonstration of their own excellence  launched the Assmann Edition, a series of limited and expensive luxury models, coveted among watch collectors.