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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 165

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, i. Sa., No. 200113, finished by Andreas Huber, München-Berlin, circa 1941.Fine 0.900 silver, keyless pocket lever chronometer with 35-hour power reserve indication, made for the Kriegsmarine, Service Number M. 4369.

CHF 5,500 - 6,500

USD 3,000 - 3,600

C. Three-body, massive, 'Lucia', polished, the back engraved with the serial number and the Service Number. Hinged silver cuvette. D. Silvered with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale. Blued-steel 'spade' hands. M. 21??? caliber 48, matte gilded, three-quarter plate, 17 jewels, straight-line club-tooth lever escapement with lateral banking extension at the entry pallet, anibal-brass Guillaume balance, Breguet balance spring with Phillips outer terminal curve, index regulatomicrometrically controlled by swan neck spring, planetary up-and-down gearing, patented balance spring stud fastening design.Signed on the case, dial, and movement.Diam. 59 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01

Notes

Caliber 48, designed for the Wehrmacht, was designed to have 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 Wehrmacht?s demand for these watches was such that the Lange factory had to commission other watch manufacturers to finish them, in this case Andreas Huber.For the technical note on Anibal brass balance, see lot 173.