German 14 carat gold full hunter case pocket watch Circa 1908

Historically interesting watch with chronograph ‘Compteur’
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An important, historically interesting and exceptionally heavy Glashütte full hunter case watch with chronograph ‘Compteur’ including an extract from the archives, made by A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte, Germany, circa 1908.  The numbered case of this watch was crafted from 14 carat gold and has a cuvette with a dedication. The white enamel dial has black Roman hour numerals, outer minute divisions with red Arabic five minutes, an outermost fifth of a second track, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock, a 30 minute counter at 12 o’clock and blued steel hands. The numbered very fine quality A. Lange & Söhne precision movement has a lever escapement with a chronograph, gold lever, gold escape wheel, fine adjusting device and solid gold high quality chronograph wheels.
Case and movement have matching numbers and dial and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 123 g
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Signed: A. Lange & Söhne Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation Glashütte ^I/SA
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The watch presented here comes with an extract from the archives that confirms the originality.
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According to the inscription on the cuvette, this pocket watch was a gift from the company ‘Actiengesellschaft Weser’ in Bremen to their employee Wilhelm Bartling for construction management between 1905 and 1908, with reference to four remarkable ships of the company: the ‘D164 steamer ‘Berlin’, the ‘Thüringen’ of the Imperial Navy, the ‘Lothringen’ (freighter) and the ‘Lützow’, the 1^st German cruise ship with integrated aircraft for sightseeing flights.