Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 343

A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Flyback A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sa., "Datograph Flyback," No. 58672, case No. 168651, Ref. 403.032. Made in 2007, sold in February 2008. Very fine, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, register, tachometer, oversized date and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, push button at 10 for the date correction, sapphire crystals. D. Solid silver with applied pink gold Roman numerals and faceted indexes, sunk subsidiary gray dials for the seconds and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, below 12 double aperture for the oversized date. Luminous pink gold alpha hands. M. Cal. L 951.1, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, 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, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.