A. Lange & Sohne - Racing Pulse New York Saturday, December 12, 2020 | Phillips

Create your first list.

Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

  • Manufacturer: A. Lange & Sohne
    Year: Circa 2017
    Reference No: 180.026
    Movement No: 119’606
    Case No: 224’972
    Model Name: Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna
    Material: 18K white gold
    Calibre: Manual, cal. L096.1, 80 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant buckle
    Dimensions: 45.5mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by A. Lange & Söhne Guarantee dated November 1, 2017, and stamped Bellusso Jewelers, Las Vegas NV, wooden presentation box, leather envelope with product literature, wooden loupe, polishing cloth, setting pin and outer packaging

  • Catalogue Essay

    The Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna was the brand’s standout new release of SIHH in 2014, immediately attracting the attention of collectors. It is a superbly complicated timepiece with an instantaneous perpetual calendar and 14 days of power reserve using Lange’s patented, constant force mechanism.

    Flip the watch over, and fascinating astronomic complications are found – all embedded within its movement. Three concentric rotating disks made of solid gold poetically represent the earth, moon, and sky’s changing positions. The balance wheel at 5 o’clock represents the sun, and the earth disk completes a 360° rotation once per day, continuously indicating day, night, and time across 24 time zones. Accurate to one day over 1058 years, the outer sky and moon phase disks complete a rotation once per lunar month. When the moon disk is at 5 o’clock, between the sun (balance wheel) and earth disk, it appears dark blue to represent a new moon. The moon disk expands until the disk’s gold portion is fully exposed 14.77 days later upon reaching the 11 o’clock position – an innovative, first of its kind mechanism.

    Aesthetically, the watch has a dynamic appeal with regulator-style dial inspired by 19th-century precision clocks, with the minutes by a large central hand, while the Roman hour register is smaller and offset to the right, and constant seconds to the left. The perpetual calendar’s date indication is seen through the Lange’s signature oversized date apertures at 12 o’clock, and the month and day in smaller apertures separated at 4 and 8 o’clock respectively, with a small circular aperture for the leap year indicator at 2 o’clock. The power reserve indication is seen through a discreet aperture found at 6 o’clock.

    Consigned by the original owner, the Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna offered here is exceptionally well-preserved, and offered complete with box, guarantee, and all original accessories.

Σ100

Ref. 180.026
A fine white gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moonphase, power reserve, leap year indication with guarantee and presentation box

Circa 2017
45.5mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
$70,000 - 140,000 
CHF63,000-126,000
€59,000-118,000
HK$543,000-1,090,000

Sold for $138,600

Contact Specialist

Paul Boutros
Head of Watches, Americas & International Strategy Advisor
Senior Vice President
+1 212 940 1293
pboutros@phillips.com

Racing Pulse

New York Auction 12 December 2020