102nd Auction

2020/6/29

Lot 76

A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte B/Dresden, Movement No. 13272, Case No. 13272, 54 mm, 159 g, circa 1879
A heavy Glashuette hunting case pocket watch with 30h power reserve indicator and Lange extract from the archives, manufactured in quality 1A, sold on 1879/11/30 to Charles William Schumann company in New York for 145 Marks
Case: 18k rose gold, case maker's punch mark "CWS" (Charles William Schuman), glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Lange & Söhne started producing pocket watches with indicator for true differential power reserve in 1879; this timepiece with the number 13272 is only the 16th watch of its kind and thus a very early example of this design.

Sold

estimated
12.00018.000 €
Price realized
17.000 €