Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 178

A. LANGE & SÖHNE REF. 101.029 LANGE 1 PLATINUM A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA, Lange 1, No. 37236, case No. 137862, Ref. 101.029. Made circa 2003. Very fine, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with off-center hour dial, oversized date, power reserve indication and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, push button at 10 for the date correction, sapphire crystals. D. Solid silver with off-center hour dial with radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 5, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3, oversized double aperture for the date at 1. White gold alpha hands. M. Cal. L 901.1, rhodium-plated, 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 fl at balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.