Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 218

?1815 - Emil Lange - Moon Phase? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA, ?1815 - Emil Lange - Moon Phase?, No. 39/250, Ref. 101.032. Made in a limited edition of 250 examples in 2000. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with moon phases and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied pink gold indexes and an Arabic ?12?, subsidiary off-center seconds dial at 5, aperture for the moon phases decorated with a constellation of stars on the sides. Pink gold ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. L 943.1, German silver, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, including 6 in screwmounted gold châtons, 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.