A. Lange & Söhne. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Wristwatch with Oversized Date and Power Reserve
Lot 62

A. Lange & Söhne. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Wristwatch with Oversized Date and Power Reserve

Signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte I/SA, Doppelfederhaus, Lange 1 Model, Movement No. 33'278, Case No. 148'661, Circa 2000

Closed7 December 2017

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USD 20,000

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A. Lange & Söhne. A Fine 18k Pink Gold Wristwatch with Oversized Date and Power Reserve
Signed A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte I/SA, Doppelfederhaus, Lange 1 Model, Movement No. 33'278, Case No. 148'661, Circa 2000
Movement: Manual, Cal. L901.0, 53 jewels
Dial: Silvered, Roman and diamond-shaped numerals, date, power reserve, subsidiary seconds
Case: 18k pink gold, sapphire crystal display back secured by 6 screws, one rectangular button in the band, 38mm diam.
Buckle: A. Lange & Söhne 18k pink gold buckle

Property of a Private Collector

Specialist note

The Lange 1 is perhaps the celebrated firm’s most iconic model and served as the cornerstone for the revival of the company in 1994.

The appeal is seen in the patented large date window, a subsidiary dial for hours and minutes, a smaller subsidiary dial for constant seconds and last but not least a power reserve indicator located to the far right. Although all of the dial's features are positioned asymmetrically to one another, there is a perfect sense of balance created when looking at the dial as a whole. And of course we see the famous arc signature indicating where the A. Lange & Söhne watches are produced: Glashütte i/SA, where “i/SA” is the abbreviation for "in Saxony".

The movement is A. Lange & Söhne's hand-wound caliber L901.0, the three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver and decorated with Glashütte ribbing. The twin mainspring barrels provide a power reserve of three days when fully wound. It furthermore features a stop second mechanism activated when the crown is pulled out and a patented twin-disc mechanism for the display of the oversized date.

For an example in platinum please see Lot 61 in this sale.