$117,400
"Double Split Flyback" A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA., Ref. 404.035. Production of this reference started in 2005. Very fine, rare and important, 18k pink gold wristwatch with square button fly-back split-seconds and splitminutes chronograph, instantaneous register, tachometer, power reserve and an A. Lange & Söhne 18K pink gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Black, made from solid silver, applied radial pink gold Roman numerals, baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary black dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation, up down indication at 12. Luminous pink gold "alpha" hands. Cal. L 001.1, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, 4 in screw-mounted gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance with eccentric timing weights, adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge, push button on the band at 10 for the split function. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Property of a Hong Kong Collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-09-26
