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    • Of nickel-finished lever movement, 54 jewels, the circular silvered dial with applied white gold diamond navette-shaped and Roman numerals, double window for date, up and down indicator and subsidiary seconds dial, world cities displayed on outer face, case with downturned lugs, with sapphire crystal display back showing skeletal  movement, mounted in platinum.

    • Signed 'A. Lange & Söhne'. Glashutte S.A. , made In Germany, with Swiss assay mark and makers marks, movement no. 54215, case back no. 162780. With a blue leather A. Lange & Söhne box.

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    A. Lange & Söhne

    German • 1845

    Originally founded in 1845 by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in Glashütte, Dresden, Germany, the firm established an entire watchmaking culture and industry in Glashütte. The brand quickly became Germany's finest watchmaker, first creating dependable, easy-to-repair watches before going on to produce some of the world's finest complicated pocket watches, including Grande Sonnerie watches, tourbillon watches and Grande Complications.

    On the final day of World War II, their factories were destroyed by Russian bombers, and in 1948 the brand was confiscated by the Soviet Union. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, Ferdinand's great grandson Walter Lange re-established the brand with the objective to once again produce top-quality luxury watches. Now part of the Richemont Group, its original vintage and modern creations are highly coveted by collectors. Key models from the modern era include the Lange 1, Pour Le Mérite Tourbillon and the Zeitwerk.

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An Oversized Platinum Dual-Time Zone Wristwatch with Power Reserve and World Cities

Of nickel-finished lever movement, 54 jewels, the circular silvered dial with applied white gold diamond navette-shaped and Roman numerals, double window for date, up and down indicator and subsidiary seconds dial, world cities displayed on outer face, case with downturned lugs, with sapphire crystal display back showing skeletal  movement, mounted in platinum.
Signed 'A. Lange & Söhne'. Glashutte S.A. , made In Germany, with Swiss assay mark and makers marks, movement no. 54215, case back no. 162780. With a blue leather A. Lange & Söhne box.

Estimate
CHF22,000 - 28,000 

Sold for CHF27,500

Magnificent Jewels

18 Nov 2008, 4pm
Geneva