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  • Manufacturer: A. Lange & Söhne
    Year: Circa 2015
    Reference No: 145.029
    Movement No: 110’109
    Case No: 214’887
    Model Name: Zeitwork Acoustique, "Striking Time"
    Material: 18K white gold
    Calibre: Manual, L043.2, 78 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Alligator
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle
    Dimensions: 44mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and buckle signed
    Accessories: With A. Lange & Söhne Guarantee stamped in 2015, fitted presentation box, instruction manual, slip case, and outer packaging

  • Catalogue Essay

    Debuted in 2009, A. Lange & Söhne’s Zeitwerk collection has always been one of the most desired watch models amongst watch aficionados. With its iconic modern design and complex German watchmaking ingenuity, the watch contains a signature digital display as well as “Time Bridge” which was inspired by the Dresden Semper Opera House clock.

    Most remarkably, the watch features a visible chiming mechanism for quarter and hour striking. The hammers are situated near 6 o’clock, and this wondrous chiming mechanism can be activated and deactivated effortlessly through a pusher on the case. Fresh to the market, the present lot is accompanied with box and paper, still sealed and never been used before.

  • Artist Biography

    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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Ref. 145.029
A very fine and rare white gold quarter and hour striking wristwatch with digital time display, power reserve, hack feature, original certificate and box, factory sealed

Circa 2015
44mm Diameter
Case, dial and buckle signed

Estimate
HK$430,000 - 590,000 
€48,500-66,500
$55,100-75,600

Sold for HK$875,000

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Thomas Perazzi
Head of Watches, Asia
thomasperazzi@phillips.com
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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT

Hong Kong Auction 28 May 2019