Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 224

Stainless Steel ?Lange 1? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA, ?Lange 1?, No 1137, case No 113565, Ref. 101026. Especially made in twenty examples in 1997. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with off-center hour dial, large date, power-reserve and a stainless steel A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and an additional strap.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, push button on the band for the date correction, sapphire crystals. D. Solid silver, silver with off-center hour dial with painted black radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 5, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3, oversized aperture for the date at 1. Blued steel ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. L 901.1, maillechort, 53 jewels including 9 in screw-mounted gold châtons, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, handengraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.