Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 136

?Lange 1 Time Zone? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i/ Sa., ?Lange 1 Time Zone?, Ref. 116.032. Production of this reference started in 2005. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with "World Time" system, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, spare 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, push buttons on the band to advance the quick date, the independently adjustable jump-type second time-zone and city ring, sapphire crystals. D. Solid silver, at 9 main hour dial with subsidiary seconds and day/ night indication, applied pink gold radial Roman numerals and indexes, at 5 second time-zone with subsidiary day/ night indication and pink gold index, at 3 sector for the up-and-down indication, at 1 aperture for the oversized 2-digit date, outermost revolving 24-hour ring bearing the names of 24 major cities. Pink gold ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. L 031.1, maillechort, 54 jewels including 4 in screw-mounted gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance and intermediate wheel bridges. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an Asian Collector