"Scott Lambert" <sla### [at] niobraracom> wrote:


> in english is glasswork, and I assume the 1/SA refers to what kind of
> glasswork it is,
> 


"In Saxony"

> and doppelfederhaus means double spring house literally, and must refer
> to how many springs the watch has - a main spring and another for the
> alarm, which apparently has several settings between simply  ab (off)
> and auf
> (on).
> 

The ab-auf hand is the power reserve indicator. "Doppelfederhaus" is
"double barrel", meaning the watch has a double mainspring barrel.

Don't ask me how/why I know so much about expensive German watches :P

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