A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte

A SPLENDID LADY'S GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET HUNTING CASED QUARTER REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH CIRCA 1884, NO. 17686

• Movement: 1a quality, 13''' decoratively engraved German silver ¾ plate, gold lever and escape wheel, some jewels carried in gold screwed chatons, bi-metallic compensation balance, diamond endstone, two polished hammers repeating on coiled gongs, signed and numbered A. Lange & Söhne, bei Dresden, 17686
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, sunken subsidiary seconds, blued steel hands, signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte b/ Dresden, no.17686
• Case: "Lucia" 18ct gold, the covers with opaque black enamel and each bordered with a rose-cut diamond-set victory wreath, the front with diamond-set monogram WS, the back with diamond-set date 14 Dber 1884, case back signed A. L. & S., case and cuvette numbered 17686
diameter 37mm

Provenance:
Sotheby's Geneva, 12 May 1988, lot 200