23,750 CHF
DEUTSCHE UHRENFABRIKATION - MINUTE REPEATING WATCH Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation Glashütte i/S, A-Lange & Sohne, No. 70709. Made circa 1920. Very fine and rare, large, minute repeating, 14K rose gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch. Four-body, "Louis XV", polished. Hinged gold cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. Three-piece, white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. 20''', frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, jeweled to the third wheel, straight line Glashütte lever escapement with gold fork and escape wheel, cut bimetallic compensation Guillaume- type balance with gold teperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 57 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
