Flat German 14K rose gold silenced quarter repeating lever Circa 1914

Rose gold silenced repeater with chain by A. Lange & Söhne
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An important, flat 14 carat rose gold hunting cased Glashütte lever pocket watch with a silenced quarter repeater and an 8 carat rose gold watch chain, circa 1914. Sold on January 19th, 1914, for 699 marks to J. Kristfeld, Nuremberg. Glazed ¾ plate movement, DUF, two hammers, two gongs, a piston tooth lever escapement and gold screw compensation balance. White enamel dial with Arabic hours, an outer minute track, a sunk center and subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, Louis XIV hands. A plain case, the front with dedication engraving Für Gordon F. Monson 22.10.1968  Kurt Weidemann. Dial signed, case and movement signed and numbered, movement and case with matching numbers. Comes with the original presentation box, original certificate and copies of the extract from the Glashütte Watch Museum.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 103 g
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Signed: Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation Glashütte I/SA A. Lange & Söhne
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DUF stands for Direct Upward Force. This is a function that prevents the timepiece from being damaged by impact.
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The quarter hour repeater is silent, therefore the model was sold under the Silencieus category. Only a total of 44 pocket watches with noise insulation are included in Martin Huber’s Lange List.
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Former property of the well known graphic designer Kurt Weidemann (1922-2011).
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Kurt Weidemann (1922-2011) was a German graphic designer, typographer, author and university lecturer. Weidemann revised or designed the appearances of many well known companies, including Coop, Zeiss, Merck, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler-Benz, Deutsche Aerospace, Porsche and Deutsche Bahn. He also designed books for the Gutenberg Book Guild and the Ullstein, Propyläen, Ernst Klett and Thieme publishing houses. In the 1960s, Kurt Weidemann gave the present watch to pilot Gordon F. Monson after a successful emergency landing of his flight in Stuttgart. After his death, the widow returned the watch to Weidemann.