A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte Sub Second 1942

Super rare german Bauhaus design from 1942.

One of the last wristwatches to leave the Glashütte factory before the end of the Second World War. After the end of the Second World War, the Glashütte watch manufacturers were expropriated by the Soviets and Glashütte watch production was merged into a single company, VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe (GUB), from 1951 onwards. The individual A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte watch brand disappeared from the market. History you can touch.

It was ordered in July 1941 and delivered almost one year later in May 1942 to a customer in Budapest, Hungary. Selling price 1942 was 841,- Reichsmark. It comes with the copy of the first order form from 1942 and an extract from the archives of A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte.

CASE:

• excellent overall condition, showing minor traces of use
• 3-body 14k yellow gold case with snap on case back from A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte (fixed lugs)
• 36 mm (without crown) / 42 mm (lug-to-lug) / 18 mm (between lugs) / 9.2 mm thick
  
• year: 1942
• total weight: 45 g
• gold weight: 16.6 g

MOVEMENT:

• A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte Cal. 55 - manual wind
• 16 jewels
• professionally serviced in 10/2024
• +25 sec/d / 310°

DIAL:

• original never touched golden colored dial in great condition
  
• original hands and crown
  
• some very slight and tiny spot patina throughout the dial

STRAP & BUCKLE:

• brown after market leather strap fitting up to 21 cm wrist size / 2.3 mm thick
• gold plated after market buckle

BOX & PAPERS:

• comes with an extract from the archives of A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte certificate from November 2020
• it comes with a copy of the very first order from 16. May 1942

 

GOLDAMMER REFERENCE: #662