Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 129

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte/Sa.,No. 208529,circa 1942.Very fine, keyless, silver deckchronometer with 35-hour power reserve indicator andspecial balance.

USD 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,700 - 2,600

C. three-body, solid, "Lucia", polished, hinged silver cuvette.D. silvered with Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, sunksubsidiary seconds at 3 o'clock, up-and-down scale at 9o'clock. Blued-steel "Spade" hands. M. Cal. 48, (21'''), frostedgilt, three-quarter plate, 17 jewels, most in sapphires, straight-lineclub-tooth lever escapement with lateral banking exten-sionfrom the entry pallet, large anibal-brass Guillaumebalance, balance spring with Phillips outer terminal curve,micrometric "swan-neck" regulator, patented balance springstud fastening design, sapphire patented winding indicatormechanism.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 60 mm. 


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3- 01

Good

Notes

Caliber 48, was designed by Lange for the Wehrmacht, tohave a daily variation rate of less than 1 second. Its winding indicator was invented by Otto Lange and patented in Germany on Sept. 6, 1940, patent No. 732162. The demandfor these watches was such that the Lange factory had toemploy outside watchmakers to finish them. Most caliber 48 watches have lateral banking utilizing lateral extension of the pallet fork. This watch has banking in the straight line of the escape wheel and the balance.