The passing of Walter Lange in early 2017 was not only a huge loss for the industry and the company, but even more so for the men and women who knew him personally. Colleagues and staff decided to pay homage to this great man by creating a timepiece that he had been thinking about for quite some time, a watch that was originally conceived by his great-grandfather who was granted one of Germany’s first patents in 1877. It was a timepiece with independently stoppable jumping center seconds and separate seconds sub dial.

In less than one year, the watchmakers and engineers from Glashütte achieved the feat of creating a brand new movement with jumping seconds, and the “1815 Homage to Walter Lange” was born. The newly developed movement had a special caliber designation: L1924, referring to Walter’s birth year, while the first three digits of the reference number 297.XXX memorialized his birth date of July 29, 1924.

Presented at Geneva’s Salon International de Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in January 2018, the new model was offered in a limited edition of 145 pieces in white gold, 90 pieces in pink gold, 27 pieces in yellow gold, and a unique piece in stainless steel with black grand feu enamel dial.

The present watch, number 5 of only 27 examples in yellow gold, is fresh to the market, consigned by its original owner. The wristwatch is alluring and seductive for both its classic design perspective and wonderfully complex movement. This presents a rare opportunity to own one of these very rare, limited edition timepieces.

CONSIGNED BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER