Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 13, 2016

LOT 245

LANGE & SOHNE LANGE 1 WHITE GOLD A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i./Sa., "Lange 1," case No. 120060, Ref. 101.027. Sold in January 2000. Very fine water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power reserve indication and an 18K white gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and guarantee.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, curved straight lugs, pushbutton on the band for date correction, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Two-tone blue, made from solid silver, off-center dial for hours and minutes with radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, power reserve sector, aperture for the double digit oversized date. White gold alpha hands. Cal. L 901.2, Glashütte 3/4 plate in German silver, fausses cotes decoration, 53 jewels, including 9 in screw-mounted gold chatons, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge.