Lot 22

A. Lange & Söhne

An extremely rare, early vintage Glashuette wristwatch - sold on May 16, 1942 to Dr. Istvánné Erlach company, Budapest for 184 Reichsmark - with extract from the archives from the watch museum Glashuette

In the late 1920s the sales of A. Lange & Söhne pocket watches dropped rapidly. The company had missed the trend towards wristwatches, however, it was vital to satisfy this market segment, which was no longer new, as well, to keep the company going. Unfortunately the company had not developed a single wristwatch movement and now had to purchase ebauches from other makers such as "Uhrenfabrik Glashütte AG", the Swiss brands "Manufacture des Montres Niton" and "Montres Altus SA Kleinuhren, Uhrwerke, Uhrenteile", Geneva; other parts also had to be acquired. The ebauches underwent minor technical and visual modifications disguising their origin and were signed by A. Lange & Söhne; they were advertised and sold as Lange watches.
Source: www.glashuetteuhren.de/kaliberuebersichten-modelle/a-lange-soehne/armbanduhren-bei-a-lange-soehne