A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte B/Dresden, Movement No. 48004, Case No. 48004, Cal. 43, 55 mm, 151 g, circa 1908

An extremely rare, almost as new Glashuette hunting case minute repeating watch - sold on December 12th, 1908 for the sum of 1241 Marks to Adolf Oppermann company in Berlin - with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k rose gold, engine-turned, monogram "CE", case design "Lucia à goutte", gold dome, slide for repeating mechanism, glazed movement. Dial: enamel, Arabic "Empire" numerals, auxiliary seconds, gold Louis XV hands. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, frosted, gilt, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance, florally hand-engraved balance cock, index spring fine adjusting device, gold lever and escape wheel-

Lit.: "Die Lange-Liste" by Martin Huber, Munich 2000, page 200.