Lot 53

A. Lange & Söhne

Luftwaffe

An unworn Luftwaffe deck watch, with indirect centre seconds and hack feature, 2 additional wrist compasses model "AK 39 FL 23235", made by the Kadlec Factory in Prague

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These timepieces were exposed to all kinds of stress in everyday use. As the aircraft cockpits were not cushioned in any way, the cases of these pilots’ watches were usually subjected to much wear and tear and timepieces such as this with hardly any signs of use are extremely rare to find.
The sale of the military goods produced during the war began with aviator’s watch no. 210131 on September 26th, 1940; the last watch to be sold was no. 216978, sold on April 30th, 1945. The total production contained 6,904 timepieces with calibre 48/1; to avoid providing information about targets to the enemy, no manufacturer’s names were engraved from 1944 on.