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A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 Luftwaffen-Beobachtungsuhr für die Artillerie 65 mm "Extrem rare Fliegeruhr von 1941"

Pre-owned () | Year of production 1941 | No original box | No original papers
$151,550
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Basic Info
Listing code FU0VP0
Brand A. Lange & Söhne
Model Grand Lange 1
Reference number FL 23883 Grand Lange
Movement Manual winding
Case material Steel
Bracelet material Leather
Year of production 1941
Condition
Scope of delivery
No original box, no original papers
Gender Men's watch/Unisex
Location Austria
Price €138,000 (= $151,550) [Negotiable]
Availability Item is in stock

Caliber
Movement Manual winding
Caliber/movement 48
Power reserve 30 h
Number of jewels 16

Case
Case material Steel
Case diameter 65 mm
Thickness 21 mm
Crystal Plexiglass
Dial Black
Dial numerals Roman numerals

Bracelet/strap
Bracelet material Leather
Bracelet color Brown
Clasp Buckle
Clasp material Steel

Other
Central seconds, Luminous numerals, Luminous hands, Tempered blue hands, Only Original Parts

Description
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Extremely rare, almost as good as new, oversized custom-made Luftwaffe observation watch with 65 mm diameter! For the artillery measuring battery in original condition! With Lange und Söhne certificate from the German watch museum Glashütte!

A very, very rare version of an observation watch that is unlikely to be found on the market in this excellent state of preservation!

Commissioned on August 31, 1940 by the Main Command Office in Berlin Wilmersdorf! Custom-made with seconds in mirror writing and jumping fifths of a second. Case made of platinum, matted gray, push back. Black dial, luminous Arabic and Roman numerals, blued steel lance hands. Central second, outer minutes 5-55, inner mirror-inverted minutes 5-55, extra-long leather strap double-riveted...

Date of sale on November 12, 1941!

In 1940, Lange und Söhne was commissioned to develop an "observation watch for measuring battery" (m-b) with a larger diameter based on the Luftwaffe b-watch. For the photographic images, the second digits were also to be applied in mirror writing!

The first observation watches with a case diameter of 65 mm were manufactured from February 3, 1941. At the beginning, the case numbers 210001 to 210010 were still made in silver, then in platinum and later only in brass with matt gray protective lacquer!

According to this archive extract, this observation watch is one of 21 watches produced by Lange und Söhne in a platinum case with a diameter of 65 mm!

An extremely rare rarity for collectors and lovers of special timepieces!

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