Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 60

Yellow Gold Grand Lange 1 A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sa., "Grand Lange 1," No. 38317, case No. 149521, Ref. 115.021. Made in 2006. Very fine, large, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve indication and an 18K yellow gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate and manual.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, curved straight lugs, pushbutton on the band for date correction, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Champagne-colored solid silver, off-center silver dial for hours and minutes with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary silver seconds dial, powerreserve sector at 3, aperture for the oversized date. Yellow gold alpha hands. M. Cal. L 901.2, 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 micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm.