A. Lange & Söhne. An 18K gold hunter case keyless lever watch

SIGNED A. LANGE & SÖHNE, GLASHÜTTE B/DRESDEN, NO. 40390, CIRCA 1897

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A. Lange & Söhne. An 18K gold hunter case keyless lever watch
Signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte B/Dresden, No. 40390, circa 1897
Cal. 45 Quality 1A three quarter plate gilt-finished fully jewelled lever movement with screwed gold chatons, blued screws, bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, gold lever and escape wheel, micrometer regulator, diamond endstone, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, sunk centre and subsidiary seconds, later blued steel pear hands, in plain Louis XV case, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
55 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

According to Mr. Reinhard Reichel, Glashütter Uhrenmuseum, the present watch was made in 1897 and sold on 19 November 1897 for the amount of 499 Goldmarks to Klausenberg. He furthermore confirms that the weight of the case was 79.7 gramms and that the watch originally featured gold Louis XV hands.

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