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Lot Essay
The Lange 1 is perhaps the celebrated firm’s most iconic model and served as the cornerstone for the revival of the company in 1994.
The appeal is seen in the patented large date window, a subsidiary dial for hours and minutes, a smaller subsidiary dial for constant seconds and last but not least a power reserve indicator located to the far right. Although all of the dial's features are positioned asymmetrically to one another, there is a perfect sense of balance created when looking at the dial as a whole. And of course we see the famous arc signature indicating where the A. Lange & Söhne watches are produced: Glashütte i/SA, where “i/SA” is the abbreviation for "in Saxony".
The movement is A. Lange & Söhne's hand-wound caliber L901.0, the three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver and decorated with Glashütte ribbing. The twin mainspring barrels provide a power reserve of three days when fully wound. It furthermore features a stop second mechanism activated when the crown is pulled out and a patented twin-disc mechanism for the display of the oversized date.
For an example in pink gold please see Lot 62 in this sale.
The appeal is seen in the patented large date window, a subsidiary dial for hours and minutes, a smaller subsidiary dial for constant seconds and last but not least a power reserve indicator located to the far right. Although all of the dial's features are positioned asymmetrically to one another, there is a perfect sense of balance created when looking at the dial as a whole. And of course we see the famous arc signature indicating where the A. Lange & Söhne watches are produced: Glashütte i/SA, where “i/SA” is the abbreviation for "in Saxony".
The movement is A. Lange & Söhne's hand-wound caliber L901.0, the three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver and decorated with Glashütte ribbing. The twin mainspring barrels provide a power reserve of three days when fully wound. It furthermore features a stop second mechanism activated when the crown is pulled out and a patented twin-disc mechanism for the display of the oversized date.
For an example in pink gold please see Lot 62 in this sale.