$31,860
"Datograph" A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sa., "Datograph", No. 33987, case No. 152048, Ref. 403.031. Production of the "Datograph" started in 2000. Very fine, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, register, tachometer, oversized date and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, push button on the band for the date correction, sapphire crystals. Black, made from solid silver, applied pink gold Roman numerals, baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary silver dials for the 60-seconds and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, below 12 double aperture for the oversized date. Luminous pink gold "alpha" hands. Cal. L 951.1, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels including 4 in screw-mounted gold chatons, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, "swanneck" micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a West Coast Collector Notes Datograph The Datograph made a strong impression on watch enthusiasts and collectors when it debuted at the Basel fair in 2000. The excellent reputation A. Lange & Söhne had regained with their Lange 1 and Langematik watches carried on with the
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
