Pocket watch: absolute rare, A. Lange & Söhne No.92141 with platinum case and platinum chain, with original box & original papers, sold on 12th of April 1932, with extract from the archives - Cortrie Special-Auctions for Watches and Jewellery in Hamburg

Sold 162-4093 Pocket watch: interesting Glashütte collector's piece, A.Lange & Söhne quality "DUF", 1st generation 1878-1880, no.20214 with probably original box! Ca. Ø 50 mm, ca. 101 g, 14 K pink gold, rare half hunting case edition with black enameled numerals, case and movement with matching numbers 20214, Lange & Söhne precision lever movement, 1st series quality DUF still without integrated escape wheel cock and without fine adjusting device, main plate with first type of DUF signature, gold escape wheel, winding wheels with rare triple Glashütte sunburst decoration in manner of Moritz Grossmann, early and unsigned enamel dial (hairline), original blued steel hands, in very beautiful condition, movement needs cleaning, very rare collector's piece, from the first years 1878-1880, very rare offered, with probably original seller's box by Verhagen & Cie Cologne, with extract from the archive. The number 20214 is the 214th DUF pocket watch every made! A comparable watch with the number 20322 and also sold by Verhagen & Cie was noted in the Glashütte archive as following (translation): "Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation Glashütte" (DUF) to the company Dürrstein & Co. Dresden. This watch was signed "Fa. J. Verhagen & Co Cöln" already by A.Lange & Söhne on customers demand. Next to the case shape "Jürgens" with 750 thousanths fine, it is very interesting that this is a very rare edition equipped with caliber 43 (19 lines) with triple Glashütte sunburst decoration in manner of Moritz Grossmann on the winding wheels." (source:https://www.cortrie.de/go/5n1) Hammerprice: 1.500 €
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Sold 162-4097 Pocket watch: early pocket watch by A.Lange & Söhne Glashütte, no.15059, ca. 1882 Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 106g, 18K gold, engine turned, case and movement with matching numbers 15059, early A.Lange & Söhne precision lever movement with gold lever and gold escape wheel, early type of construction, still without fine adjusting device, balance cock with finest engraving, original and signed enamel dial (fine hairlines), blued steel hands, in working order, altogether in good condition, bezel with some signs of usage, with corresponding gilt watch chain. Hammerprice: 1.750 €
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Sold 162-4098 Pocket watch: gold hunting case watch A. Lange & Söhne Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation Glashütte "OLIW" no. 501744, ca.1935 Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 86g, 14K gold, case number 53534, all 3 lids gold, very beautiful solid quality, Lange und Söhne precision lever movement OLIW, fine adjusting device, movement number 501744, very beautiful engine turned dial, original Breguet steel hands, very beautiful condition, in old watch box, movement starts ticking, but needs to be revised. Hammerprice: 1.500 €
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Sold 162-4099 Pocket watch: very fine gold hunting case watch A. Lange & Söhne Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation Glashütte "OLIW" no. 504082, ca.1938, with original box and original papers Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 86g, 14K gold, case number 55561, dome with dedication from 1938, Lange und Söhne precision lever movement quality OLIW, special quality with golden escapement wheel and fine adjusting device, movement number 504082, very beautiful 2-coloured dial, original Breguet steel hands, very beautiful condition, completely original, with original box, original papers and a gilt pocket watch chain. Hammerprice: 1.610 €
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Sold 162-4100 Pocket watch: high-quality, heavy A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte gold hunting case watch with original box and original papers from 1904 Ca. Ø53mm, ca. 111g, 18K pink gold, engine turned, hunting case watch with 3 gold lids, matching case and movement number 43161, precision lever movement with gold lever, gold escape wheel and fine adjusting device, original enamel dial, original pink gold hands, in working order, case with little signes of use, very beautiful original condition, original box with original spare glass, original papers from 1904 and extract from the archives, fine collector's watch Hammerprice: 2.700 €
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Sold 162-4101 Pocket watch: very fine Glashütte pink gold hunting case watch in quality 1A, A. Lange & Söhne no. 60752, ca. 1908, with extract from the archives Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 103g, 18K pink gold, à-goutte-case, case and movement matching number 60752, glazed movement, very fine A. Lange & Söhne precision lever movement in quality 1A with gold lever, gold escapement wheel, screwed gold chatons and fine adjusting device, original enamel dial, original Louis-XV gold hands, well-kept condition, in working order, cleaning recommended. Hammerprice: 4.150 €
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Sold 162-4102 Pocket watch: very fine A. Lange & Söhne hunting case watch, quality 1A with original box and original papers, Glashütte 1938, sold to watchmaker of the Court Felsing in Berlin! Ca. Ø53mm, ca. 98.5g, 14K gold, original case, excellent case quality, hunting case watch-á-goutte, case and movement matching number 87429, A. Lange & Söhne precision lever movement in quality 1A with diamond endstone and 20 jewels, screwed gold chatons, gold lever and fine adjusting device, gilt dial with sunburst decoration, blued steel hands, excellent condition, nearly like new, with original box including spare spring and spare glass, original papers, very fine collector's watch. The watch was completely revised in 2014, 1 year warranty included! The watch comes with an extract from the archives. Hammerprice: 4.500 €
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Sold 162-4104 Pocket watch: Glashütte rarity, not yet listed Moritz Grossmann Glashütte with triple calendar based on the Fleischhauer patent, no. 7601, ca.1885, with documentation from Glashütte Ca. Ø51mm, ca. 120g, 18K gold, à-goutte case, no. 7601, dome inscribed "PATENT", Moritz Grossmann precision lever movement, best quality 1A, with screwed gold chatons, gold lever and gold escape wheel, triple calendar watch based on the patent 25267 of Otto Fleischhauer, punched with the Grossmann punch, 2 rotating rings on the front side with day and date indication and aperture for the month, enamel dial, fine gold hands with jewels, subsidiary seconds, red seconds scale, red minute scale, in working order. The watch is in a completely unrestored condition with natural patina on the movement and unpolished case and is an absolute rarity. According to Mr. Reichel, director of the watch museum Glashütte, this watch is not yet listed and unknown and is one of the few watches manufactured and sold by Moritz Grossmann himself, i.e. from the year 1885. So far only 5 more of these watches are known today (report/certificate from Glashütte is available!) The calendar movements according to the Fleischauer patent, manufactured by Moritz Grossmann, which were taken over and sold after his death by the company A. Lange & Söhne, can be characterized as followed: - Date indications by numerals and letter rings outside the dial and connected to the gear. - Winding, time and date setting in typical manner of Grossmann with a large symmetric rocker, which can be used by 2 pushers on the right and left of the pendant. Otto Fleischhauer in Berlin had the idea of a calendar watch and sent vague ideas with sketches to the Berlin Patent Office on July 15th, 1883. These sketches did not contain any ideas about required parts or proportions. In order to realize the idea of the calendar watch, a completely new construction was necessary. So Fleischhauer asked Moritz Grossmann to realize his ideas and he redesigned the whole watch type. His ideas were then confirmed by drawings of this watch. In 1884, Fleischhauer patented his idea in England as well, but offered the patent for sale just one year later, immediately after Grossmann's death. According to Glashütte museum documents, all 20 watches that Grossmann had already manufactured and not yet sold, were exclusively taken over and sold by the Lange & Söhne company. All watches got the signature of the Lange & Söhne company on the dial and movement. Excluded from this is the first watch with the number 6141 and the other watches of the first small series with the numbers 8262, 8263, 8264 and 8265, which have no signature on the dial and are not included in Huber's "Langeliste" of 1999. (Source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/4jR). According to our information, the last known Fleischhauer watch (no. 19065 with Lange signature) was sold at Dr. Crott's auction for €73,000 (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/4jR). Hammerprice: 40.000 €
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Sold 162-4106 Pocket watch: impressive, extremely heavy Glashütte pink gold splendour hunting case watch with unique original case decoration, Ankerchronometer A.Lange & Söhne Glashütte no.60762 from 1908, with extract from the archives Ca. Ø58mm, ca. 164g, 18K gold, hunting case watch-à-goutte, original ornamental engraving on both sides with leaf scenes, very finely chiselled, intricately engraved, spring lid with monogram CM, dome with anniversary inscription: "1885-1910 Steinkohlenbauverein Gottes Segen zu Lugau", case and movement matching number 60762, glazed movement, Ankerchronometer movement of the highest class, quality 1A, gold lever, gold escapement wheel, fine adjusting device, screwed gold chatons, diamond endstone, large Glashütte chronometer balance wheel, original, flawless enamel dial, pink gold Louis XV gold hands, in working order and in excellent, completely original, little used original condition. The watch is accompanied with an extract from the archives and is a masterpiece of Glashütte's watchmaking. Fortunately in this museum quality condition. This Glashütte chronometer was sold to Robert Pleissner Dresden on 27.11.1908. With this special engraving and in this particularly heavy design, it belonged to a series of the highest quality Lange Ankerchronometer with the numbers 60761-60780, all of them without exception had very heavy pink gold hunting cases, i.e. 160-170g. Robert Pleissner was one of the most famous watchmakers in the Dresden/Glashütter area. He was also a well-known watch collector. In 1909, the Mathematisch-Physikalische Salon in Dresden acquired the Robert Pleissner Collection, which was the first time that pocket watches in significant numbers entered the museum collection. The hard coal mining industry in Lugau made headlines worldwide in 1867 as a result of a terrible accident. On July 1st, 1867, a shaft was broken in which all 101 miners lost their lives. The misfortune led to a worldwide solidarity action for widows and orphans. In 1869, the Lugauer Steinkohlenbauverein was founded, which began on 6th October 1869 to rebuild the crushed shaft under the name "Vertrauenschacht" (shaft of confidence). In July 1872, miners who died in the accident were found and buried in a communal grave. Hammerprice: 10.000 €
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