Fine German 18k gold hunting cased lever watch Circa 1830
- Kenmerk
- BB0797
- Diameter
- 49 mm
- Estimate
- € 4.500 - 7.000
- Price sold
- € 5.400
Gold full hunter lever by Ferdinand Adolph Lange
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A fine German 18 carat gold hunting cased key wind pocket watch, circa 1830. Gilt 1/2 plate Swiss lever movement, gold pallet fork, gold escape wheel, cut and compensated bimetallic balance with heavy gold compensation screws, Guillaume balance, diamond end stone, screwed gold chaton jewels. White enamel dial with black Roman numerals, black outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 and blued steel spade hands. Engine turned round hinged case, reeded band. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered, case signed and stamped C.W.S. Accompanied 14 carat gold chain, winding key in the form of an eagle with red chalcedony.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Signed: A. Lange Dresden
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Ferdinand Adolph Lange (1815-1875) developed the Glashütte lever escapement in 1844 and went on to make his hometown of Glashütte in Saxony the centre of Haute Horology in Germany. Upon his death in 1875, he left his company, A. Lange & Söhne, to his sons.
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A fine German 18 carat gold hunting cased key wind pocket watch, circa 1830. Gilt 1/2 plate Swiss lever movement, gold pallet fork, gold escape wheel, cut and compensated bimetallic balance with heavy gold compensation screws, Guillaume balance, diamond end stone, screwed gold chaton jewels. White enamel dial with black Roman numerals, black outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6 and blued steel spade hands. Engine turned round hinged case, reeded band. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered, case signed and stamped C.W.S. Accompanied 14 carat gold chain, winding key in the form of an eagle with red chalcedony.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Signed: A. Lange Dresden
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Ferdinand Adolph Lange (1815-1875) developed the Glashütte lever escapement in 1844 and went on to make his hometown of Glashütte in Saxony the centre of Haute Horology in Germany. Upon his death in 1875, he left his company, A. Lange & Söhne, to his sons.
Signed: A. Lange Dresden
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