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A. Lange & Söhne
Ref. 403.035
Datograph "Philippe Dufour"
A very attractive pink gold flyback chronograph wristwatch with large date
Full-Cataloguing
The L951.1 hand wound caliber featured not only a flyback function but a novel instantaneous minutes hand. In regular chronographs as the seconds hand advances so does the minutes counter hand, with the Datograph after 60 seconds have elapsed, the minute counter jumps forward exactly one graduation.
Turning the watch over, one can glimpse the superbly conceived movement in all its architectural glory, including the free-hand engraved balance cock and delicate "Glashütte" waves throughout.
A. Lange & Söhne
German | 1845Originally 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.