A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte

AN EXTREMELY FINE PINK GOLD HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER DOUBLE CHRONOGRAPH WATCH WITH REGISTER CIRCA 1905, NO.42624

• Movement: 1a quality, 19''' cal. 43 gilded ¾ plate, gold lever and escape wheel, bi-metallic compensation balance, decoratively engraved balance cock, precision swan-neck regulation, diamond endstone, some jewels carried in screwed gold chatons, chronograph/split mechanism partially visible to the backplate, numbered 42624
• Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals with minute ring above and red Arabic 5-minute markers, outer chronograph track calibrated for fifths, sunken centre and two sunken subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30-minute register, gold Louis XV style hands, one gold and one blued split seconds hands, signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte B/Dresden
• Case: "Lucia" 18ct pink gold, polished covers, the front with monogram, single chronograph pusher to case side for start/split/stop/reset, slide for hand-set beneath the bezel at 4 o'clock, plain polished gold cuvette, covers and cuvette signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, back cover and cuvette numbered 42624, front cover numbered 24
diameter 57mm

Provenance:
Dr. H. Crott Auktionen, A. Lange & Söhne Glashütter Uhren, 27 April 1991, lot 135