$27,600
Lange 1 Time Zone A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i/Sa., “Lange 1 Time Zone,” No. 50620, case No. 160759, Ref. 116.032. Made in 2005, sold September 10th, 2005. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with "World Time" system, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve indication and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate, instruction manuals, one CD and one Factory DVD. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, push buttons on the band to advance the quick date, the independently adjustable jump-type second time zone and city ring, sapphire crystals. Solid silver, at 9 main hour dial with subsidiary seconds and day/night indication, applied pink gold radial Roman numerals and indexes, at 5 second time zone with subsidiary day/night indication and pink gold index, at 3 sector for the up-and-down indication, at 1 aperture for the oversized 2-digit date, outermost revolving 24-hour ring bearing the names of 24 major cities. Pink gold alpha hands. Cal. L 031.1, maillechort, 54 jewels including 4 in screw-mounted gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance and intermediate wheel bridges. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an East Coast collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-09-17
