111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 38
A. Lange & SöhneAnkerchronometer
A rare Glashuette lever chronometer - manufactured in quality 1A, sold in 1914 for 469 marks
Sold
estimated
7.000—9.500 €
Price realized
9.000 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, smooth, case design "Lucia à goutte", glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, nickel steel screw compensation balance.
Case no.63314
Cal.21'''
Diam.56 mm
Circa1914
Ctry.Germany
Wt.131 g
An excellently preserved prestigious lever chronometer of quality standard 1A, with screwed gold chatons, index spring fine adjusting device, gold lever and wheel, as well as a set diamond end stone on the balance, which has a 19.5 mm diameter and 21 lines. This design was advertised as "lever chronometer" since 1899 and produced well into the 1930s. The balance is made of Elinvar, a general term used for iron-nickel alloys, that do not deform in temperatures, the timepieces are usually exposed to. It has been used since 1905.