Historically interesting German chronograph in sales box Circa 1908

Exceptionally large hunting case pocket watch
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An important, historically interesting and exceptionally large Glashütte hunting case pocket watch with chronograph “Compteur” in a Gustav Smy sales box, made by A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte, Germany, circa 1908. The plain full hunter cased watch was made from 14 Carat red gold and the white enamel dial has an outer ring with red Arabic numerals for the minutes, an inner ring with black Roman numerals for the hours, a subsidiary dial at six o’clock for the seconds and another subsidiary dial counting minutes at twelve o’clock and blued steel hands. The movement has a very fine A. Lange & Söhne precision lever escapement with chronograph and a gold lever, a gold escapement wheel, a fine adjustment and solid gold chronograph wheels.
The case and movement bear matching numbers, the dust cover has a dedication from 1908 and the dial and box are signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 123 g
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Signed: Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation, Glashütte, A. Lange & Söhne
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The dedication on the dust cover certifies a connection to the construction of 4 remarkable ships of the “Weser” joint-stock company: “D164 – the steamer Berlin”, the “Thüringen” – Imperial Navy, the “Lorraine” (freighter), and the “Lützow”, the 1st German cruise ship with an integrated aircraft for sightseeing flights!
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Gustav Hermann Smy was born in Dresden in 1867 and completed his apprenticeship with the court watchmaker Ludwig Teubner. He worked in Berlin and Hamburg before accepting a position with Robert Stangenberg in Montevideo (Uruguay) in 1888. In the following five years of his work in South America, he worked out the necessary finances for establishing his own business and then returned to Germany. On October 1^st of the same year, he founded his own company, a specialist shop for clocks and goldware in Dresden at Moritzstrasse 10, corner of König Joh. Strasse. Among other things, Smy represented the Deutsche Anker watch factory J. Assmann in Glashütte. The company also sold watches by A. Lange & Söhne and B. Junge & Söhne, also from Glashütte.