A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte

A VERY FINE PINK GOLD HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH PROFESSOR GRAFF ENGRAVED DECORATION AND POLYCHOME ENAMEL PORTRAIT OF MINERVA WITH ORIGINAL BOX, NUMBERED CERTIFICATE, SPARE GLASSES AND SPRING CIRCA 1906 NO. 45762

• Movement: 1a quality, cal. 43 gilded ¾ plate, gold lever and escape wheel, jewels carried in screwed gold chatons, bi-metallic compensation balance, diamond endstone, swan-neck regulation, signed and numbered A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte b/ Dresden, 45762
• Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, sunken centre, recessed subsidiary seconds, Louis XV style hands, signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte b/ Dresden
• Case: 18ct gold, highly decorated Louis XV style, chased and engraved on both sides with decoration after Professor Graff, the front centred with a blank cartouche, the back centred with a polychrome enamel painted head of Minerva in profile, each of the central cartouches surrounded by baskets of fruit, a pair of doves above and a heart beneath, bezels and chased band engraved with flowers and foliage, the crown in the form of an urn and with ornate chased and engraved bow, plain polished gold cuvette, further glazed movement cover, case and cuvette signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte, case back and cuvette numbered 45762, case front numbered 62
Accompaniments: A. Lange & Söhne fitted presentation box containing original numbered certificate, spare glasses and mainspring

diameter 54mm

Provenance:
Reinhard Meis, A. Lange & Söhne, The Watchmakers of Dresden Vol. II, 2012, Frontispiece and pp. 126-127 figs. 360-364
Kurt Herkner, Glashütte und Seiner Uhren, 1988, p. 141
Reinhard Meis, Klassikuhren “Glashütte Damals” pp. 12-31