Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Oct 08, 2016
LANGE & SÖHNE REF. 221 POWER RESERVE PLATINUM A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i./Sa., Power Reserve, No. 4886, case No. 114974, Ref. 221. Made circa 2005. Very fine and rare, elegant, platinum wristwatch with power reserve indicator and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle.
Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 45-hour power reserve indication at 9. Blued steel alpha hands. Cal. L 942.1, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels including 6 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, hack mechanism.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |