Hi

I have recently seen a supposed World War One German U-Boat clock. It has a brass face & has the well-known makers name 'A.Lange & Sohne' on the clock face.

I can't find any records of Lange & Sohne making u-boat clocks and have a strong feeling it is a fake. However, I also cannot find any replica clocks that are the same either.

It has a picture of a u-boat & the engraving U- 142 on the clock face. This makes me think it is definitely a fake as I understand the original clocks do not have this on.

It does have the engraving of the following number on the rim of the clock; 13026 4-58.

Has anybody come across a similar piece at all or can give any information on it?

Many Thanks

I'll take a wild guess and say it was made April of 1958.
Interested in seeing other opinions on this.
It would help if you could post pictures of the movement.

Regards,
Mike

Can you post some photos?

It sounds from your description to be some kind of tribute to the Great War made for sale to collectors. If you look at this German WW1 ships clocks webpage and look at the third clock from the bottom of the many examples, that is what a U-boat clock should look like. These great examples are from Konrad Knirim's excellent books. If you are interested in German military timepieces or British military timepieces his reference books are an absolute must. You can get them by going to Konrad's very helpful website

Hi,

Thank you both for the quick response.
After some further investigation, I have discovered that the clock casing itself is from a Russian Submarine, from 1958. However, the face looks to have been changed to brass face. I have not had the chance yet to have a look at the actual movements of the clock yet though.

I am having trouble uploading pictures at the moment as they are too big! But will attempt again later today.

Many thanks

Donna

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