111st Auction

2024/11/16

Lot 83

A. Lange & Söhne
Luftwaffe

A Luftwaffe deck watch with indirect centre seconds and hack feature

Sold

estimated
3.5005.000 €
Price realized
5.500 €
specific features
Case
Steel, grey protective lacquer, push back, original oversized aviator's leather strap.
Dial
Black.
Movement
Manual.
Case no.215082
Cal.48.1
Diam.55 mm
Circa1944
Ctry.Germany


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.