German rose gold quality 1A lever with carrousel Circa 1914

Rose gold full hunter by A. Lange & Söhne
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An important, very fine and extremely rare 18 carat rose gold hunting cased quality 1A Glashütte lever pocket watch with a carrousel, circa 1914. Sold on April 22, 1914, for 804 marks to Wilhelm Lenger in Hamburg. ¾ Plate movement, engraved DRGM 121267 and a gold screw compensation balance. The cuvette inscribed with a dedication Meinem lieben Georg zu seinem 75 Geburtstage 12 Mai 1914 Seine Elisabeth. White enamel dial with Arabic hours, an outer minute track, a sunk center and subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, Louis XIV hands. A massive, engine turned case monogrammed GN on the front, polished bezels. Dial signed, case numbered, movement signed and numbered, movement and case with matching numbers. Comes with the original presentation box and an Extract from the Archives.
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Diameter: –
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Weight: 174 g
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Signed: A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte-SA.
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Only 37 gold watches with a carrousel were made by A. Lange & Söhne. Carrousel watches are an invention of the Dane B. Bonniksen, who applied for a patent in England in 1892. With his invention, he wanted to find a middle ground between an expensive tourbillon and a normal chronometer. He even achieved better results with his carrousel watches than others with a tourbillon. In 1899, Richard Lange further improved his concept and received utility model protection DRGM 121267 (a utility model protection of the German Reich).