A. Lange & Söhne - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FOUR Hong Kong Monday, May 29, 2017 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: A. Lange & Söhne
    Year: Circa 2014
    Reference No: 145.029
    Movement No: 96'052
    Case No: 214'860
    Model Name: Zeitwerk Acoustique
    Material: 18k white gold
    Calibre: Mechanical, L043.2, 78 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Black A. Lange & Söhne crocodile leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k white gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle
    Dimensions: 44 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With A. Lange & Söhne Garantie dated 16 November 2014, instruction manual, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present Zeitwerk Acoustique wristwatch features a jumping digital time display and a visible chiming mechanism for quarter-hour and full-hour striking. The hammers are located on either side of the subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and this poetic chiming mechanism can be easily enabled or disabled through a pusher on the band. The hours and minutes are shown in adjacent apertures with a unique, balanced look.

    Offered in excellent overall condition, the present watch is complete with original guarantee and fitted presentation box.

  • 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. 145.029
A very fine and rare white gold quarter-hour and full-hour striking wristwatch with digital time display, power reserve, hack feature, original certificate and fitted presentation box

Circa 2014
44 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$600,000 - 800,000 
€72,200-96,300
$75,000-100,000

Sold for HK$750,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FOUR

Hong Kong Auction 30 May 2017