101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 152
A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte B/Dresden, Movement No. 29483, Case No. 29483, 51 mm, 101 g, circa 1891
A gold Glashuette pocket watch - manufactured in quality 1A - sold on 1891/01/12 to the director of the ironworks Romach for 430 Marks - with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold, monogrammed. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Kurt Sorge was born in Zwickau in 1855; in 1877 he graduated as an ironworks engineer. Sorge was one of the leading founders of the "Rombacher Hüttenwerke", a smelting plant in Rombach in Lorraine and served as its director from 1888 to 1893. He later went to work for the Krupp company, where he also held managerial positions. Kurt Sorge was a member and manager of a number of industrial associations and institutions. He died in 1928 in Nikolassee near Berlin.
The "Rombacher Hüttenwerke" were established in 1888. Through co-operations and acquisitions the company was heavily involved in the history of many renowned enterprises such as the "Concordia Bergbau-AG", a mining company in Oberhausen, the "Westtfälische Stahlwerke", a steel plant in Bochum and the Howaldtswerke, a large shipyard in Kiel. After the occupation of the Ruhr and the inflation, many investments were discontinued and in 1926 the name of the company was changed to "Concordia Bergbau-AG".
A gold Glashuette pocket watch - manufactured in quality 1A - sold on 1891/01/12 to the director of the ironworks Romach for 430 Marks - with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold, monogrammed. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Kurt Sorge was born in Zwickau in 1855; in 1877 he graduated as an ironworks engineer. Sorge was one of the leading founders of the "Rombacher Hüttenwerke", a smelting plant in Rombach in Lorraine and served as its director from 1888 to 1893. He later went to work for the Krupp company, where he also held managerial positions. Kurt Sorge was a member and manager of a number of industrial associations and institutions. He died in 1928 in Nikolassee near Berlin.
The "Rombacher Hüttenwerke" were established in 1888. Through co-operations and acquisitions the company was heavily involved in the history of many renowned enterprises such as the "Concordia Bergbau-AG", a mining company in Oberhausen, the "Westtfälische Stahlwerke", a steel plant in Bochum and the Howaldtswerke, a large shipyard in Kiel. After the occupation of the Ruhr and the inflation, many investments were discontinued and in 1926 the name of the company was changed to "Concordia Bergbau-AG".
Sold
estimated
3.600—5.000 €
Price realized
7.000 €