Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 59

A.Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA., "Datograph?, No. 33864, case No. 139934, Ref. 403.035. Production of this reference started in 2000. Very fine, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, register, tachometer, oversized date and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted leather box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with six screws, pushbutton on the band for the date correction, sapphire crystals. D. Black, made from solid silver, applied white gold Roman numerals, bâton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary guilloché silver dials for the 60-second and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, below 12 aperture for the oversized date. Luminous white gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. L 951.1, Glashütte three-quarter plate, nickel silver, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 40 jewels including 4 in screw-mounted gold châtons, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance cock.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.