$8,125
LANGE & SÖHNE - B-UHR - WORLD WAR II - GERMAN AIR FORCE (LUFTWAFFE) Lange & Söhne, Assembled by Schieron, Stuttgart, No. 213215, 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 213215. Black with luminous 60-minute Arabic numerals and baton indexes, concentric 12 hour graduation with luminous Arabic numerals, 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