Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 128

Lange 1 Moon Phase A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i./ùSa., "Lange 1 Moon Phase," No. 39336, case No. 149288, Ref. 109.032. Made in 2003, sold April 4th, 2004. Production of this reference started in 2002. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve indication, continuously driven moon phase and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by the original warranty, fitted box and setting pin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, curved straight lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, pushbutton on the band for date correction, 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 at 3, apertures for the oversized date and moon phases plus age of the moon. Luminous pink gold alpha hands. M. Cal. L 901.5, Glashütte 3/4 plate in German silver, fausses cotes decoration, 54 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. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.