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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 310
?Minute Repeating? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, I/SA, B/Dresden, No. 91764. Made in 1938, sold on December 12, 1938 to Adolf Lunser, Berlin, for the Third Reich, and presented to Dr. Morell on July 22, 1944. Very fine and historically important, large, minute-repeating, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch. Accompanied by the original box, spare mainspring, guarantee, certificate, Extract from the Archives and full provenance.
CHF 100,000 - 120,000
EUR 60,000 - 75,000 / USD 80,000 - 100,000
Sold: CHF 88,500
C. Four-body, ?Royal à goutte?, solid, polished, the interior of the front cover with an engraved dedication ?Zum 22.7.44 mit den herzlichsten Wünschen? and facsimili signature. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, three-piece, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Spade? hands. M. 43 mm., 19???, 1A (first quality), frosted gilt, 29 jewels, the going train with screwed gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement with gold escape wheel and pallet fork, Lange cut bimetallic compensation balance with peripheral gold adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 57 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
Adolf Lunser
A Berlin company who were the official suppliers to the German Government. Literature: ?A. Lange & Sohne, The Watchmakers of Dresden?, Reinhard Meis, Antiquorum Editions, 1999, p. 271. ?Die Lange Liste?, Martin Huber, Munich, 2000.
Provenance: The full provenance of this watch is available from the department on request. This watch is illustrated in ?Klassik Uhren?, in an article by Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, p. 27. A. Lange & Söhne