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

Pre-owned () | Year of production 1941 | No original box | No original papers
$118,604
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Basic Info

Listing code HD9U62
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 €108,000 (= $118,604) [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 new oversized custom-made air force observation watch with 65mm diameter! For the artillery measuring battery with extra-long leather strap in original condition! With Lange und Söhne certificate of the German watch museum Glashütte, as well as including the book Military Watches by Konrad Knirim! In this book all watches of the German armed forces from 1870 to 1990 are described in detail!

Very, very rare version of an observation watch, which will be very rare to find in this excellent condition! There are only very, very few of these watches left in the world, with only 4 watches currently on the market!

Movement diameter 48 mm, case diameter 65 mm, platinum case, pilot's wristwatch with leather strap, stitched and double riveted, watch with pull-out crown, with special dial with luminous numerals and hands, second on the center of the dial, 1/5 second jumping, test approval in production grade 3 on 05. 03. 1941,

Date of sale on July 03, 1941!

In 1940, Lange und Söhne was commissioned to develop an "observation watch for the 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 on 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!

An extremely rare rarity for collectors and lovers of exceptional military watches with history!

Collector's resolution! The cheapest Lange und Söhne Luftwaffe observation watch with 65 mm, of currently 4 watches on the market!!!

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Location

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