109th Auction
2023/11/18
Lot 1
A. Lange & Söhne
An extremely rare Glashuette hunting case pocket watch, manufactured in quality 1A, sold in 1905 for the sum of 494 marks and submitted to special testing at the Leipzig observatory and the naval observatory in Hamburg
Sold
estimated
2.800—6.000 €
Price realized
7.900 €
specific features
Case
18 K pink gold, smooth, case design "Lucia".
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.47975
Diam.55 mm
Circa1905
Ctry.Germany
Wt.135 g
According to Martin Huber’s "Lange Liste" (Lange list) this watch was submitted to special testing at the Leipzig observatory and the naval observatory in Hamburg. It was part of a series of circa 1,000 timepieces tested at the Leipzig observatory from 1883 to 1905; in the records, however, only about half of them were marked as "tested".