Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 225

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, B/Dresden, No. 58894. Made circa 1906 for the Brazilian market. Very fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold, ?A-1? quality dress watch.

C. Four-body, ?Lucia,? engine turned case back, gold hingedcuvette engraved ?Relogio de Precisão ? Frederico Krüssmann.?D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outerminute track, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Yellow gold ?spade?hands. M. Cal. 45 mm (20'''), 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 18 jewels,straight line Glashütte lever escapement, gold escape wheel andcalibrated gold pallet fork, banking by a single pin in a pinhole,Glashütte cut bimetallic compensation balance with goldscrews, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, ?swan-neck?micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 55 mm.