Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 77

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte in Sachsen, "Anniversary Lange-matik,? No. 455/500, Ref. 302.025. Made in a limited edition of 500 exam-ples to celebrate the year 2000. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resis-tant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparentcase back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. White ena-melwith radial black Roman numerals, the XII in red,subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "alpha" hands.M. Cal. L921.2 (?Sax-O-Mat? with zero-reset feature),nickel silver, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flatbalance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, bi-directionalwinding with 21K gold micro-rotor with plat-inumsegment. Engraved balance bridge.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Thickness: 8 mm.