Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 259

Lange 1 A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sa., "Lange 1", case No. 110222, Ref. 101.005. Sold on July 27th, 1995. Very fine and rare, platinum wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve indication and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee, and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, curved straight lugs, push button on the band for the big date, case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Solid silver, off-center dial for hours and minutes with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds, power reserve sector between 2 and 4, double aperture for the oversized date at 1. White 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 regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.