24 - A. Lange & Söhne - LANGE 1

A. Lange & Söhne - LANGE 1 An important Glashuette wristwatch, featuring the Lange oversize date, a power reserve display and an 18 K solid gold back. To the best of our knowledge, this watch, with movement number 10, is the earliest LANGE 1 from the first collection – launched in 1994 – ever to have been offered at auction. According to A. Lange & Söhne only 123 examples from the four-model launch range were sold during the first year of production. The specially developed manual-wound calibre L901.0 set new quality standards in the horological world. In 1994 only very few examples left the factory with the original solid back, before it was replaced with a transparent sapphire crystal back in 1996 after requests from the retailers Movm. No. 10, Ref. 101.002, Cal. L901.0, Case No. 110036, Dimensions 38,5 mm, circa 1995, Origin Deutschland, Original box, Original certificate, Accessories, gold original clasp Case: 18 K gold, screwed on 18 K gold back, pusher at "10" for quick setting of the calendar. Dial: Solid silver, argenté, printed numerals and indexes, blued steel hands. Movm.: Manual. Reference 101.002 differs from reference 101.001 (with its gold hands and indexes) by the blued steel hands and the black printed numerals. It was easier to read and was only produced only for a few years. This LANGE 1 is a particularly early piece with an early movement (no. 10 !), calibre L901.0. It was purchased on January 24, 1995, which is exactly three months after A. Lange & Söhne launched their first modern range on October 24, 1994. Like all early models, the timepiece features a solid case back screwed down with six screws. Modern watches reveal the beautiful nickel silver movement with its nickel silver plates and bridges through a screwed transparent sapphire crystal back. This is not the case here, which is an early particular feature by A. Lange & Söhne, returning in thought to times past, when the collectors of luxury timepieces showed a higher level of trust. Case: very good. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended. Please note that leather straps made from endangered or protected species - such as alligator, crocodile, or lizard - are used in our catalogue or on our website for illustration purposes only. For customs-related reasons, such straps cannot be shipped outside the EU.