Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 309

?Lange 1? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA, ?Lange 1?, Ref. 101.021. Made in 1996, sold in 1997. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with off-center hour dial, large date, power-reserve and an 18K yellow gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, a certificate, an extra back, and additional dial and hands.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, push button on the band for the date correction, sapphire crystals. D. Solid silver with off-center hour dial with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 5, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3, oversized aperture for the date at 1. Yellow gold ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. L 901.0, maillechort, 53 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 10 mm.