$36,800
A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA., "Datograph”, No. 13437, case No. 123469, Ref. 403.035. Production of this reference started in 2000. Very fine, platinum gentleman’s wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, register, tachometer, oversized date and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. 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 white gold Roman numerals, bâton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary “guilloché” silver dials for the 60-second and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, below 12 aperture for the oversized date. Luminous white gold "alpha" hands. Cal. L 951.1, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, “fausses côtes” decoration, 40 jewels including 4 in screw-mounted gold châtons, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Datograph Right from the start the Datograph made a strong impression with watch enthusiasts and collectors worldwide, when the watch debuted at the Basel fair in 2000. The excellent reputation A. Lange & Söhne hsd regained with their Lange 1 and Langematik watches carries on with this new chronograph: A fly-back function, the famous A. Lange over
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-28
