98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 53
Adolph Lange, Glashütte / P. J. Schoeppler in Mainz, Case No. 1174, 47 mm, 73 g, circa 1855
An important, early Glashuette pocket watch with pin-pallet escapement and stem-winding system from Adolph Lange's experimental period
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, screw compensation balance.
This is a rare example from the technical history of the horological industry in Glashütte. The A. Lange & Cie. movement and case no. 1174 refer to the year of production around 1855, but the ebauche was probably already made in 1849. The movement still uses the long version of the brass anchor and the wheel is made of polished steel. The compensation balance has two adjustment screws. The escapement construction as such had not yet been fully developed, the 2/3 plate with the gold escapement came a few years later. This watch, however, uses one of the earliest versions of crown winding.
Ph. Jac. Schoeppler was a watch- and clockmaker and retailer in Mainz. A church clock made by Schoeppler was commended on in 1843 in the "Kunst- und Gewerbe-Blatt des polytechnischen Vereins für das Königreich Bayern"; he took part in the German industry exhibition of 1842 in Mainz and exhibited a church clock, a cylinder watch and a regulator.
An important, early Glashuette pocket watch with pin-pallet escapement and stem-winding system from Adolph Lange's experimental period
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, screw compensation balance.
This is a rare example from the technical history of the horological industry in Glashütte. The A. Lange & Cie. movement and case no. 1174 refer to the year of production around 1855, but the ebauche was probably already made in 1849. The movement still uses the long version of the brass anchor and the wheel is made of polished steel. The compensation balance has two adjustment screws. The escapement construction as such had not yet been fully developed, the 2/3 plate with the gold escapement came a few years later. This watch, however, uses one of the earliest versions of crown winding.
Ph. Jac. Schoeppler was a watch- and clockmaker and retailer in Mainz. A church clock made by Schoeppler was commended on in 1843 in the "Kunst- und Gewerbe-Blatt des polytechnischen Vereins für das Königreich Bayern"; he took part in the German industry exhibition of 1842 in Mainz and exhibited a church clock, a cylinder watch and a regulator.
Sold
estimated
6.000—12.000 €
Price realized
9.300 €