German gold cased pocket watch in quality 1A Circa 1870

Gold hunting cased pocket watch by A. Lange
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A fine German Glashütte hunting cased pocket watch – manufactured in quality 1A – with Lange extract from the archives, circa 1870.
Sold on 03/04/1869 to company Charles William Schumann in New York for 145 Marks. The movement was revised and reworked by Lange & Söhne so that the watch could be wound via the crown.
18 carat gold engine turned case, reeded band, case design “Jürgens à goutte”, engine turned gold dome. Signed enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds and blued spade hands. 3/4 plate movement, frosted, gilt, with screwed gold chatons, gold screw compensation balance, florally hand-engraved balance cock, gold lever and escape wheel and chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Weight: 125 g
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Signed: A. Lange, Dresden
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PORTRAIT
Established near Dresden, Saxony, in 1845 by Ferdinand A. Lange, the German Manufacture A. Lange & Söhne is admired for the quality of its exquisite mechanical watches. They are distinguished by unparalleled technical ingenuity and a degree of perfection which can only be achieved by hand.
HISTORY
Manufacture A. Lange & Söhne was established in Glashütte, Saxony, by Ferdinand A. Lange in 1845. For the next hundred years, A. Lange & Söhne pocket watches were among the most sought-after timepieces in the world, until the Second World War forced the company into a 40-year hiatus. In 1990, following German reunification, Walter Lange, great-grandson of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, revived the brand which in 2000 became part of the Richemont Group.Now employing close to 500 people, half of whom are watchmakers, the company produces timepieces whose quality of execution has given new status to German mechanical watchmaking.