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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 276

?Brinckmann & Lange, Class 1 A Silver Movement? Brinckmann & Lange, Bremen, No. 2928. Made in 1905. Very fine and extremely rare, hunting-cased, keyless, 14K pink gold, pocket lever chronometer with Guillaume balance.

CHF 7,200 - 9,000

EUR 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 30,680

C. Four-body, "Lucia", solid, polished, the front cover with an engraved monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Three-piece, white enamel with dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "Louis XVI" hands. M. 18''', Lange 3/4-plate, frosted, solid silver, 20 jewels in screwed gold chatons, straight line Lange lever escapement, gold escape wheel and pallet fork, nickel, steel and brass balance with gold temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Around the turn of the century, the firm of Brinckmann & Lange, from Bremen, produced a very small number of pocket watches with full-plate silver movements. These movements, as well as their cases, were made in Switzerland, and were based on the design of those of A. Lange & Söhne. Previously it was thought that the movements had been made in Glashütte, but this has been proven to be incorrect. This watch was described in the article ?Taschenuhren von Brinckmann & Lange in Bremen? by Otto Habinger, in Alte Uhren, 4/90.