Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 339

A. Lange & Söhne Platinum Flyback Datograph A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sa., "Datograph," Flyback, No. 42149, case No. 154338, Ref. 403.035. Made in 2007, sold June 12th, 2008. Very fine and rare, platinum wristwatch with square button flyback chronograph, register, tachometer, oversized date and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate, guarantee and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, push-button at 10 for the date correction, sapphire crystals. D. Black, made from solid silver, applied white gold radial Roman numerals, baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary silver dials for the seconds and instantaneous 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the oversized date at 12. Luminous white gold alpha hands. M. Cal. L 951.1, Glashütte 3/4 plate in German silver, fausses cotes decoration, 40 jewels, including 4 in screw-mounted gold chatons, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, hack mechanism, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm.