101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 627
A collection of 4 vintage wristwatches
A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte - SA, Movement No. 48428, Case No. 48428, Cal. 28, 31 x 31 mm, circa 1907
A rare Glashütte wristwatch, sold on November 12, 1907 to the Ludwig Teubner company in Dresden for 331 mark – with extract from the archives of the Glashütte watch and clock museum
Case: 18k pink gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
As shown in the extract from the archives, this timepiece was originally designed as a lady’s pocket watch and later modernized into a wristwatch. Quite unusually the watch is fitted with an index spring fine adjusting system, which was typically used for men’s pocket watches only.
A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte - SA, Movement No. 48428, Case No. 48428, Cal. 28, 31 x 31 mm, circa 1907
A rare Glashütte wristwatch, sold on November 12, 1907 to the Ludwig Teubner company in Dresden for 331 mark – with extract from the archives of the Glashütte watch and clock museum
Case: 18k pink gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
As shown in the extract from the archives, this timepiece was originally designed as a lady’s pocket watch and later modernized into a wristwatch. Quite unusually the watch is fitted with an index spring fine adjusting system, which was typically used for men’s pocket watches only.
Sold
estimated
600—1.500 €
Price realized
2.500 €