A. LANGE & SÖHNE. AN IMPRESSIVE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD DOUBLE SPLIT SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE, GUARANTEE AND BOX, SIGNED A. LANGE & SÖHNE, DOUBLE SPLIT FLYBACK MODEL, REF. 404.032, CIRCA 2011 | Christie's
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A. LANGE & SÖHNE. AN IMPRESSIVE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD DOUBLE SPLIT SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE, GUARANTEE AND BOX
A. LANGE & SÖHNE. AN IMPRESSIVE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD DOUBLE SPLIT SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE, GUARANTEE AND BOX
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A. LANGE & SÖHNE. AN IMPRESSIVE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD DOUBLE SPLIT SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE, GUARANTEE AND BOX

SIGNED A. LANGE & SÖHNE, DOUBLE SPLIT FLYBACK MODEL, REF. 404.032, CIRCA 2011

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A. LANGE & SÖHNE. AN IMPRESSIVE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD DOUBLE SPLIT SECONDS FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE, GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED A. LANGE & SÖHNE, DOUBLE SPLIT FLYBACK MODEL, REF. 404.032, CIRCA 2011
Movement: Manual
Dial: Silvered
Case: 43 mm. diam.
With: 18k pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle, International Guarantee dated 19 july 2011, product literature, leather folder, presentation box and outer packaging
Special Notice
On lots marked with an + in the catalogue, VAT will be charged at 7.7% on both the premium as well as the hammer price. This watch offered for sale is pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile. These endangered species straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the sale site within 1 year of the date of the sale. Please check with the department for details on a particular lot.

Lot Essay

This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. The watch will be supplied with a calf leather strap.

Offered for the first time at Christie's, the present A. Lange & Söhne Double Split Flyback chronograph is crafted in pink gold. Furthermore, the watch is offered in excellent overall condition and with the full set of accessories.

Until the launch of A. Lange & Söhne's "Double Split", the French term "rattrapante" described the ability of a split seconds chronograph's superposed seconds hand to "catch up" with the main sweep seconds hand. Comparative time measurements were limited to 60 seconds, and could not always be used in an appropriate way.

Lange's "Double Split", the world's first flyback chronograph with a double rattrapante mechanism, opened up a new dimension in mechanical time measurement. Beyond the ordinary stopwatch functions of a conventional chronograph, it can also handle lap-time measurements, time comparisons, and fastest/slowest lap measurements. Its additional flyback minute counter makes it possible for the first time to use these rattrapante functions in a truly meaningful way, namely for events that last up to 30 minutes.

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