Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 352

A. LANGE & SÖHNE OBSERVATION WATCH, BLACK REGULATOR DIAL A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte/Sa., No. 352359. Made between 1945-48. Fine and very rare, keyless, silver pocket lever chronometer with black regulator-type dial and Guillaume balance.

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 25,000 - 41,000 / USD 3,200 - 5,400

Sold: CHF 6,250

C. Four-body, ?bassine,? polished. Hinged silver cuvette. D. Black lacquered with white Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 3, hour dial at 9. Silver epee hands. M. 42 mm, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, 17-jewels, straight-line lever escapement with gilt fork, Lange Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with patent stud fastening, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Case with German silver mark. DIAM. 51 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present watch is a rare model of a ?Beobachtungsuhr? or observation watch with unusual black regulator-style dial. This model was only made for three years between 1945 and 1948. An identical watch is illustrated and described in: Die Uhren von Lange & Söhne, Glashütte Sachsen, Martin Huber, p. 89