# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B4u0f25nW2I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12830490-sothebyswatches-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-11-11T16:18:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

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In late 19th-century Germany, heightened prosperity under Kaiser Wilhelm II fuelled demand for more and more decorative pocket watches. 
A. Lange & Söhne, who had pioneered the country’s watchmaking industry from the ground up in Glashütte, responded by producing increasingly lavish pieces. 
This hunting cased keyless lever watch in pink gold features a stunning case engraved with a portrait of Minerva by Professor Carl Ludwig Theodor Graff, who worked on some of the most elaborate watches produced by the firm. 
The piece is a highlight of this evening’s Masterworks of Time auction in #geneva, with an estimate of CHF 15,000 - 25,000.

#sothebyswatches #sothebysgeneva alangesoehne #alangesoehne #pocketwatch

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