124,500 CHF
A. Lange & Sane, Glashiitte B/Dresden, No. 31837, sold to Fa. A. Fick & Sohne, Essen, on 24 June 1898, for 693 Marks. Fine and extremely rare 18K pink gold, hunting cased self winding watch with 30 hour power reserve indication. Four body, massive, "Lucia " , polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer red Arabic minute ring, sunk subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Gold "Louis XV" hands. first class gilt brass, three-quarter plate, 20 jewels, gold straight line lever escapement, cut sleet-brass-nickel balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Self-winding mechanism with the platinum weight pivoted on the edge of the back plate and oscillating between the plates. Signed on the dial, case and back plate. In perfect condition, accompanied with certificate and photocopies of the original archives. Diam. 53 mm. Notes According to the archives only 38 self-winding watches were produced by A. Lange & Sane between 1891 and 1920.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12
