95th Auction

2017/5/6

Lot 84

Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe GUB, Glashütte/Sa., Movement No. 11395/11513, 305 x 145 x 165 mm, circa 1965
A Glashuette double chronometer with 56h power reserve and minutes contact device - timed on Greenwich and also on sideral time
Case: mahogany. Dial: silvered. Movm.: brass movement, steel band/fusee, spring detent escapement, bimetallic chronometer balance with 4 weights and 2 screws.
VEB Glashütte produced in total only 35 of these double chronometers. 25 had been reconverted into normal ship chronometers. An identical chronometer is shown in "Militäruhren" by Konrad Knirim, p. 474.

Sold

estimated
1.6002.500 €
Price realized
3.800 €