106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 33
A. Lange & Söhne
An extremely rare compact Glashuette hunting case minute repeating watch with date made in quality 1A, with Lange extract from the archives - sold on 05/31/1889 for the sum of 1150 Marks to Dürrstein & Co. in Dresden
Sold
estimated
32.000—50.000 €
Price realized
53.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K pink gold, monogrammed, glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
3/4 plate movement, rhodium-plated, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.27419
Diam.51 mm
Circa1889
Ctry.Germany
Wt.126 g
A. Lange & Söhne produced a total of only 12 minute repeating watches with date! These extremely rare combinations of repetition and date are conspicuously distinguished by the subsidiary dials offset from the center, with the movement number in the circular Lange & Söhne signature as a visual complement. The watch cover bears the monogram E.B. under a seven-pointed crown of a baron.