A. Lange & Söhne - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XIX Hong Kong Saturday, November 23, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: A. Lange & Söhne
    Year: Circa 2014
    Reference No: 421.032FE
    Movement No: 99’683
    Case No: 213’342
    Model Name: 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar
    Material: 18K pink gold
    Calibre: Manual, cal. L101.1, 48 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 41.9mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by A. Lange & Söhne guarantee stamped CJ Charles Jewelers California USA dated 20th November 2014, instruction manual, product literature, cloth, leather folio, setting pin, additional A. Lange & Söhne blue crocodile strap, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    In 2013, A. Lange & Söhne released the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar, and this model was one of their most coveted and complicated timepieces. Built in the signature A. Lange & Söhne fashion, this watch is powered by a hand-wound movement cal. L101.1, comprised of 631 individual parts with hand-finished and hand-engraved bridges and plates. The mechanism of the perpetual calendar alone requires 211 components, and a further 206 account for the rattrapante chronograph. A movement that is already stunning on its own, the model is beautiful both inside and out.

    The mechanical marvel at hand features a warm argenté dial encased in pink gold. The 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar embodies all the desired traits of the 1815 collection, including the rail-way minute track, Arabic numerals, the distinct three-dots motif over each quarter.

    A true sight to behold, the present well-preserved pink gold A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar is offered with its complete original accessories as well as a rich blue crocodile strap to mix and match.

  • 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. 421.032FE
An extremely rare and attractive pink gold split-seconds chronograph perpetual calendar wristwatch with small seconds, moon phases, leap year and power reserve indication, guarantee and presentation box

Circa 2014
41.9mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$550,000 - 1,000,000 
€64,400-117,000
$70,500-128,000

Sold for HK$850,900

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XIX

Hong Kong Auction 23 - 24 November 2024