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New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 219

?Lange 1 Moonphase? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA, ?Lange 1 Moonphase?, No. 42626, case No. 150823, Ref. 109.025. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power reserve, continuously driven moon phase, age of the moon and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne

USD 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 17,000 - 20,000

Sold: USD 25,300

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved straight lugs, push button for the date correction, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Solid silver, off-center hours and minutes dial with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and indexes at 9, subsidiary seconds dial at 5, powerreserve sector at 3, apertures for the oversized date at 1 and the moon phases with the age of the moon at 5. White gold luminous ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. L 901.5, German silver, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 54 jewels, including 9 in screw-mounted 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. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Lange 1 Moonphase The moonphase indication in this watch is a high precision mechanism, which is continuously driven by the hour wheel through a complicated gearing. More conventional moonphase displays in other watches are merely adjusted once or twice a day. Therefore the indication of the ?Lange 1 Moonphase? is a much more precise one with an error of 1 day occurring only in 122. 6 years.