Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 225
A. Lange & Sôhne, Glashütte, B/Dresden, No. 48383, circa 1905. Very fine 18 ct. pink gold keyless watch with chronograph and 30 minute progressive recorder.
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
Sold: CHF 27,600
Four body massive "Lucia" polished case, a black champlevé enamelled monogram on the back. Gold cuvette engraved with the name of the owner. Four piece white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer red Arabic minute and chronograph rings, subsidiary seconds and minute register. Gold Louis XV hands. Very fine gilt brass 18" l a quality three quarter plate movement, 24 jewels, gold straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with a diamond endstone, Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index. Gold cuvette engraved. Visible chronograph work with gold wheels. Signed on the dial, the case and the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm. An identical watch numbered 48390 is illustrated in Martin Huber: Die Uhren von A. Lange & Sôhne, Glashiûtte/Sachsen, pages 81-82.
