Important Watches: Part I

Important Watches: Part I

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 19. Lange 1, Reference 101.027X | A white gold wristwatch with digital date display and power reserve indication | Circa 2002 | 朗格 | Lange 1 型號101.027 | X白金腕錶備數字日期及動力儲存顯示，製作年份約2002.

A. Lange & Söhne

Lange 1, Reference 101.027X | A white gold wristwatch with digital date display and power reserve indication | Circa 2002 | 朗格 | Lange 1 型號101.027 | X白金腕錶備數字日期及動力儲存顯示，製作年份約2002

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VAT applies to hammer price and buyer's premiumNo Reserves

Auction Closed

May 14, 11:30 AM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

A. Lange & Söhne


Lange 1, Reference 101.027X

A white gold wristwatch with digital date display and power reserve indication

Circa 2002


朗格

Lange 1 型號101.027X 白金腕錶備數字日期及動力儲存顯示，製作年份約2002


Dial: silvered

Calibre: cal. L901.0 manual winding, 53 jewels

Movement number: 32'871

Case: 18k white gold, sapphire crystal display case back secured by 6 screws

Case number: 148'732

Closure: 18k white gold A. Lange & Söhne folding clasp

Size: 38.5 mm diameter

Signed: case, dial and movement

Box: no

Papers: no

Accessories: none

The reference 101.027X is a very special and rare version of the famous Lange 1. Lange & Söhne is – besides some other German watch brand such as Glashütte SA or Nomos – based in the small town of Glashütte in Saxonia. In 2002, the state government of Saxonia prepared the application as UNESCO World Heritage Site for the Elbe Valley area. Lange & Söhne had planned to introduce the 101.027X to celebrate this event. UNESCO deprived the title shortly after due to some misrepresented information. As Lange already had started production of the reference the brand decided to sell them reagrdless though they omitted them from their catalogue. It is estimated that as few as 300 examples were produced over 5 years in the early 2000s. 

What makes the present lot even more special among other rare reference 101.027X watches is that it comes with a folding clasp instead of the standard pin buckle. It was sold in Germany, is fresh to the market and offered by its original owner. The present watch is an incredible chance to buy a piece of German watchmaking history.