A. Lange & Söhne. A fine silver openface keyless lever deck watch with up and down indicator

SIGNED A. LANGE & SÖHNE, GLASHÜTTE I/SA, NO. 208'457, MANUFACTURED IN 1951

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A. Lange & Söhne. A fine silver openface keyless lever deck watch with up and down indicator
Signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i/SA, No. 208'457, manufactured in 1951
Cal. 48 gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, swan neck regulator, hinged silver cuvette, the silvered matt dial with Arabic numerals, blued steel spade hands, two sunk subsidiary dials indicating 35 hours power reserve, constant seconds, in plain circular case with snap on back, case and movement signed and numbered, dial signed
60 mm. diam.

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Accompanied by A. Lange & Söhne Certificate dated 9 March 1994 and a copy from the registers confirming sale of the present watch on 23 October 1951 to VEB Uhren- und Maschinenfabrik Ruhla for the amount of DM 430.

It is interesting to know that this watch was sold during the epoch when A. Lange & Söhne had been expropriated by the communist regime of the former German Democratic Republic. On 1 July 1951 the various watch manufacturers located in Glashütte were merged as one company named Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb using the hallmark GUB (see the following lot).

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