English gold open faced keyless pocket watch Circa 1920

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Kenmerk
BB1135
Diameter
50 mm
Estimate
€ 2.250 - 4.000
Price sold
€ 1.650
Gold lever gentlemen’s watch
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An English 18 carat gold open faced keyless pocket watch made by Christian Lange in London, London Hallmarked for 1920. The gilt ¾ plate English lever movement with a cut and compensated bimetallic balance. White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued steel spade hands. A polished case. Dial and movement signed and with matching numbers, case numbered and stamped R&S.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Signed: Christian Lange London
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Christian Lange of 99 Strand in London. Watch, clock and chronometer maker. Inventor of improvements relating to the winding mechanism of watches and clocks. Holder of the patent for a keyless watch and the gravity escapement for church clocks and regulators.
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Originally from Denmark. Born in 1826 and died in 1895 in St. Pancras, North London. His wife, Johanna Barbara, was from Belgium.

Signed: Christian Lange London

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