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A. Lange & Söhne. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with box
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A. Lange & Söhne. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with box

SIGNED A. LANGE & SÖHNE, GLASHÜTTE B/DRESDEN, NO. 34'293, MANUFACTURED IN 1896

Closed10 November 2014

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A. Lange & Söhne. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold hunter case minute repeating keyless lever watch with box
Signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte B/Dresden, No. 34'293, manufactured in 1896
Cal. 43 19''' Quality 1A three-quarter plate fully jewelled gilt-finished lever movement, blued steel balance spring with gold poising screws, screwed gold chatons, finely engraved balance cock with diamond endstone for the balance, swan neck regulator, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, black Breguet numerals, outer railway minute divisions, gold Louis XV hands, sunk subsidiary seconds, engine-turned circular Louis XV case, five-joint hinge, engraved initials AB to the front, repeating slide in the band, case, cuvette and movement signed and numbered, dial signed
55.5 mm. diam.

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With A. Lange & Söhne fitted brown presentation box. Furthermore delivered with A. Lange & Söhne Certificate and copy of the registers confirming that the present watch was sold on 15 June 1896 to Fa. Eugen Marcus, Berlin, for the amount of 1,385 Mark.

Preserved in very good, original overall condition, this fine minute repeating watch exemplifies A. Lange & Söhne's high-quality watch production, fitted with the celebrated "Quality 1A" movement. Reserved for the firm's best watches, these movements were executed following very specific standards, featuring screwed gold chatons, gold wheels, precision regulators and diamond endstones.