101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 531
Adolph Lange, Dresden, Movement No. 6165, Case No. 6165, 51 mm, 119 g, circa 1868
An early Glashuette hunting case pocket watch - manufactured in quality 1A - sold on 1868/11/28 to company Charles William Schumann in New York for 145 Marks with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold, case maker's punch mark "CWS" (Charles William Schuhman). Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
An unusual detail: The pendant is marked with the date US patents no. 54831 of May 15, 1866. A. Lange had received the patent for their new crown wind system with hand setting system approximately two years before the watch was finished.
An early Glashuette hunting case pocket watch - manufactured in quality 1A - sold on 1868/11/28 to company Charles William Schumann in New York for 145 Marks with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold, case maker's punch mark "CWS" (Charles William Schuhman). Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
An unusual detail: The pendant is marked with the date US patents no. 54831 of May 15, 1866. A. Lange had received the patent for their new crown wind system with hand setting system approximately two years before the watch was finished.
Sold
estimated
3.600—5.000 €
Price realized
5.200 €