A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte B/Dresden, Movement No. 26779, Case No. 26779, 54 mm, 150 g, circa 1888

A very fine, heavy Glashuette quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch, manufactured in quality 1A - sold in 1888 for the sum of 865 Marks
Case: 18k rose gold, polished, case design "Lucia à goutte", gold dome, glazed movement, slide for repeating mechanism. Dial: enamel, Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, gold Louis XV hands. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, frosted, gilt, screwed gold chatons, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance, hand-engraved balance cock, index spring fine adjusting device, gold lever and escape wheel, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.

Lit.: "Die Lange-Liste" by Martin Huber, Munich 2000, page 165.