Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...
New York, Grand Havana Room, May 13, 1999
LOT 24
A. Lange & Sohne Glashiitte i. Sa., No. 201378, Registration No. M 6884, 1940's. Very fine, silver, military pocket watch with 35 hours power reserve.
USD 5,500 - 6,500
C. three body, massive, polished, engraved hinged case back, silver cuvette. D. fluorescent satined silver with painted Arabic numerals, auxiliary "guilloche " dials for the seconds and up-and-down indication. "Spade" blued steel hands. M. 21 1 /4 "' gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, Guillaume cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 59 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 4-16-14 |
Fair Rusted Damaged |
Movement: *4 |
Fair Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
A similar watch is published in: Die Uhren der Deutschen Strei1krafte
1870 bis 1990 by Konrad Knirim, p. 155.
This watch was made for submariners of the German Navy
during WWII. The dial is fluorescent allowing easy reading of
the time.
Engraved on the back: The open-winged Eagle - National
Emblem - surmounting a swastika, the numbers, and the
indication: i.KU.