The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 185

Kleine Lange 1 A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i./Sa., "Kleine Lange 1", case No. 125878, Ref. 111.032. Made in 2001. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve indication and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a certificate and manual.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, curved straight lugs, date corrector on the band, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Solid silver, off-center dial for hours and minutes with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, power-reserve sector, aperture for the double-digit oversized date. Pink gold alpha hands. M. Cal. L 901.0, Glashütte 3/4 plate in German silver, fausses cotes decoration, 53 jewels, including 9 in screw-mounted gold chatons, 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 10 mm.