$8,750
LANGE & SOEHNE - B-UHR - WORLD WAR II GERMAN AIR FORCE (LUFTWAFFE) Lange & Söhne, Assembled by Wempe, Hamburg, No. 212814, Instrument No. 127-560 A-1. Made in 1942. Very fine and very rare, oversized, anti-corrosion matte nickel military pilot’s wristwatch with indirect center seconds and the original aviator’s very long leather strap. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and copies of the Manufacture. Three-body, matte gray, inclined bezel, concave lugs, large winding crown, snap-on case back, band engraved “FL 23883”, reverse engraved with movement number 212814. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds division. Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. Cal. 48.1, 2/3 plate, gilt brass, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Case and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm. Thickness 19 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-09-14