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A. Lange & Söhne. A rare set of 18K rose gold and 18K white gold manual wind calendar wristwatches with moon phases for the Northern and Southern hemisphere
Lange One Luna Mundi, Southern Cross and Ursa Major, Ref: 119.032 and 119.026, Limited Edition No.99/101, Circa 2003

11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£40,000 - £60,000

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A. Lange & Söhne. A rare set of 18K rose gold and 18K white gold manual wind calendar wristwatches with moon phases for the Northern and Southern hemisphere

Model: Lange One Luna Mundi, Southern Cross and Ursa Major
Reference: 119.032 and 119.026, Limited Edition No.99/101
Date: Circa 2003
Movement: 54-jewel Cal.L901.8 manual wind No.39132, 54-jewel Cal.L901.7 manual wind No.39093
Dial: Both silvered, offset hour chapter with applied dart hour markers and Roman numeral quarters, applied depiction of the Southern Cross and Ursa Major constellation respectively, outer black minute tracks, offset constant seconds enclosing apertures for moon phase, power reserve indications at 3, double date apertures at 2, polished dagger hands
Case: Both brushed and polished round, exhibition backs secured by 6 screws, quick date setting buttons at 10, No.152599 and No.152399
Strap/Bracelet: Black and brown A. Lange & Söhne alligator leather
Buckle/Clasp: Signed buckle
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 39mm
Accompaniments: A. Lange & Söhne presentation box, brochures, International Guarantees, quick set tools

Footnotes

When the A. Lange & Söhne factory reopened 40 years after it was shut down due to the Second World War, the acclaimed German house launched their new iteration with the Lange 1. A watch that remains among the most highly acclaimed time pieces of the modern watchmaking era.

Introduced in 2003, the Grand Lange 1 "Lunda Mundi" was presented as a set of two watches that accurately displayed the waxing and waning of the moon as seen on either side of the Equator.

The white gold "Ursa Major" model depicts the Northern Hemisphere's moon phases while the pink gold "Southern Cross" depicts those of the Southern Hemisphere. In each, the moon phases change continuously, not just in sudden increments as is generally the case in conventional watches. The mechanism is so precise that the displays only deviate from the synodic lunar orbit by one day every 122.6 years.

Limited to 101 sets, the current examples are numbered 99.

Despite the complicated workings within the watch, the "Luna Mundi" has a dial with distinctive asymmetrical features that are exceptionally easy to read. The movement is made to the highest German standards of watchmaking with a three day power reserve, a hand engraved balance cock with swan-neck precision regulator, gold chatons and hand-blued screws.

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