Lange&Söhne Glashütte age determination of quarter repeater pocket watches by movement number and year of manufacture

It is striking that from 1926 to 1932 and from 1934 to 1940 only a few quarter repeater pocket watches were built (or sold ...) at Lange&Söhne in Glashütte

The explanation for this should be that the first period was marked by the global economic crisis and hyperinflation, and the second period by the preparations for World War II, i.e. political times in which no one demanded, bought or could afford such high-quality and valuable pocket watches.

During hyperinflation, it would have been technically impossible to sell a Lange & Söhne pocket watch. If a simple loaf of bread cost 5 billion Reichsmarks, how many trillions would a gold pocket watch worth a hundred thousand times more have cost, and what would Lange & Söhne have done with the worthless money three days later?

In the preparation and also the armament for the Second World War 1934 - 1940, the problem was not so much the lack of demand, but Lange & Söhne in Glashütte concentrated its capacities on the development and production of war-important military, pilot and ship watches.

Serial number Year of manufacture

7647 1872

7785 1873

7796 1874

11,373 1877

11,997 1879

14,393 1880

15,768 1882

16,326 1883

16,970 1884

25,991 1887

27,318 1888

27,906 1889

28,973 1890

32,978 1894

33,424 1894

34,001 1895

34,317 1896

40,263 1897

40,411 1899

42,025 1900

44,489 1901

45,404 1902

46,174 1903

52,735 1904

54,382 1905

54,388 1906

58,595 1907

59,301 1908

59,309 1909

67,013 1910

69,122 1911

70705 1913

72,008 1914

80,808 1916

81,641 1920

21,648 1925

89,507 1926

89,510 1927

89,514 1928

89,961 1929

89,966 1932

99,906 1934

99,921 1937

99,924 1939

99,929 1940

Source: Martin Huber "The watches of Lange&Söhne Glashütte