A. Lange & Söhne

Geneva, May 12, 2024 A.LANGE & SÖHNE, GERMANY, 1ST QUALITY QUARTER REPEATER, SILVER AND GOLD TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE A very fine and extremely rare, large, silver and gold, manual wind quarter-repeating, half- hunting cased keyless pocket watch with 1st quality movement. Excellent Very good Slightly scratched Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense Very good HANDS Original Brand A.Lange & Söhne, Germany Year Sold in April 1890 Movement No. 28363 Case No. 28363 Diameter 56 mm. Caliber 19''', Glashütte 3/4-plate, frosted gilt, 18 jewels, gold chatons with blued steel screws, straight line Glashütte escapement, gold pallet fork and escape wheel, banking with a pin and hole, Lange Guillaume-type balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, the terminal stud adjustable by a screw, diamond endstone, engraved balance cock, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Signature Dial, case and movement Accessories Extract from the Archives ALS-quality pocket watches signed: "A. Lange & Söhne, Glashutte b. Dresden". ALS (A. Lange & Söhne) always denoted watches of first quality, whether under the "A. Lange, Dresden" signature or the later "A. Lange & Söhne, Glashutte-Sa". Their movements had 16-20 jewels. Four jewels and the pallet-staff bearing were set in screw-held gold "chatons" and visible on the top plate. The balance staff had a diamond endstone. The balance cocks were engraved and the index had micrometer adjustment on a swan-neck spring. Only gold (and sometimes platinum) screws were used on the balance. According to the catalogue, Lange adjusted each movement in five positions.