German gold quarter repeating hunting watch Circa 1898

Gold hunting cased watch in quality 1A
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A very fine, extremely rare Glashuette quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with case decoration by Prof. Carl Ludwig Graff manufactured in quality 1A, sold in 1898 for the sum of 1228 Marks, formerly with rating certificate of the observatory Leipzig
18k pink gold case, lavishly engraved with Renaissance motives, according to a layout by Prof. Graff, the back lid with an oval polychrome enamel plaque in the centre with the depiction of Minerva, the goddess of crafts, poetry and wisdom, à goutte, gold dome, slide for repeating mechanism, glazed movement. Enamel dial, Arabic hours, auxiliary seconds, red outer five minute divisions, gold Louis XV hands. 3/4 plate movement, nickel-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screwed gold chatons, gold screw compensation balance, hand engraved balance cock, index spring fine adjusting device, gold lever and escape wheel, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
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Diameter: 49 mm
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Weight: 108 g
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Signed:  A. Lange & Söhne  Glashütte B/Dresden