Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2014
LOT 177
LANGE REF. 401.026 FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WHITE GOLD A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i./Sa., "1815 Flyback Chronograph," No. 40512, case No. 155894, Ref. 401.026. Made in 2005. Very fine, 18K white gold wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, register, pulsometer and an 18K white gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle.
USD 20,000 - 30,000
HKD 155,000 - 230,000 / CHF 18,000 - 26,000
Sold: USD 28,750
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Solid silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and instantaneous 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track and pulsometer graduation. Blued steel alpha hands. Cal. L 951.0, Glashütte 3/4 plate in German silver, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels including 4 in screw-mounted gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |