Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 46

Luminous Lange 1 A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sachsen, "Lange 1," No. 45273, case No. 156324, Ref. 101.032. Made in the late 1990s. Fine and rare, 18K white gold wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve, twin spring barrels, and an 18K white gold Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and instruction booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, push button on the band to adjust the date, sapphire crystals. D. Black, solid silver, subsidiary off-center hour dial with luminous painted radial Roman numerals and indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial at 5, sector for the up-and- down indication at 3, double aperture for the oversized date at 1. Luminous white gold alpha hands. M. Cal. L 901.0, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, fausses cotes decoration, two mainspring barrels, 53 jewels including 9 in screw-mounted gold châtons, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.