A. Lange & Co., Dresden

AN EARLY SILVER OPEN-FACED KEYWOUND LEVER WATCH CIRCA 1849

• Movement: gilded, asymmetrically-shaped central bridge, large ratchet wheel, club tooth escape wheel, bi-metallic compensation balance, signed A. Lange & Co., Dresden
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands
• Case: silver, polished back, plain polished cuvette with apertures for winding and handset, case back and cuvette numbered 301
diameter 50mm

Provenance:
Reinhard Meis, A. Lange & Söhne The Watchmakers of Dresden, Vol. 2, p. 47, pl. 109 Munich, 2012.