German 14 carat gold à goutte watch with quarter repeater Circa 1920

Impressive and rare watch with repeater
–
An impressive and extremely rare gold full hunter cased watch with repeater, made by the Deutsche Präzisions Uhrenfabrik, Glashütte GmbH in Glashütte, Germany, circa 1920. The numbered full hunter case of this watch is crafted from 14 carat gold has a front lid with a gold boat with the initials HE around the mast. The white enamel dial is marked Deutsche Präzisionsuhr, Original Glashütte and has Arabic hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock and gold hands. The numbered, 1A quality and glazed movement features a Glashütte precision lever escapement, a quarter repeater, screwed gold chatons, a fine adjusting device and a diamond end stone.
Case and movement have matching numbers and the movement is signed.
–
Diameter: 57 mm
–
Weight: 163 g
–
Signed: Deutsche Präzisions Uhrenfabrik, Glashütte GmbH
–
The watch presented here is an absolute rarity. Only a few pocket watches with complications from the Deutsche Präzisionsuhrenfabrik Glashütte are known, especially in this 1A quality and with this impressive case. Therefor this watch is much rarer than comparable watches by A. Lange & Söhne.
–
Deutsche Präzisions Uhrenfabrik, Glashütte GmbH
The Deutsche Präzisions-Uhrenfabrik (DPUG) in Glashütte was founded as a cooperative and existed from approximately 1918 to 1925 before being shut down due to economic difficulties. After the First World War and a general economic crisis, the DPUG was one of the smaller factories in Glashütte and its focus on the production of modern, industrially manufactured watches failed due to traditional production costs.