A Lange & Sohne – Grande Lange 1 Phases de Lune with Ref 139.032 in Pink Gold – Cal L095.3 - FULL SET

Beautiful Grande Lange 1 Phases de Lune with a round light silver color dial and two sub-dials, 4 o’clock for the second and 9 o’clock for the time with Roman numerals and lozanges for each hour. At 3 o’clock you have the power reserve indicator. The big date windows are at 1 o’clock with the pusher at 10 o’clock. It is a Made in Germany model. The watch has a crown with logo. It is a pink gold case with sapphire exhibition case back and engraved around A Lange & Sohne – Glahsutte SA”. It is a manual winding movement with the caliber L095.3 and 45 jewels. The watch comes with the original dark brown A Lange strap. The double clasp is in pink gold with the name Lange & Sohne. Width between lugs is 20mm. It is FULL SET in good condition with box, guarantee and manual of operation.

History

Ferdinand Adolph Lange founded A. Lange & Söhne in 1845 in Glashutte. He had one goal, resolved unemployment. With financial help from the state, he hires 15 young persons to be trained as watchmakers. Many times, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy but in 1875 hard work pays as the sons and grandsons of Adolph Lange inherited a flourishing business with over 100 employees producing pocket watches. During the second world war, the Lufwaffe ordered pilots’ wristwatches. Civilian watches were also produced. In 1989 at the end of the Berlin wall, Walter Lange, the founder’s great-grand-son saw the opportunity to revive the family business. With VDO/Mannesmann Group, which in 1991 took a stake in Lange Uhren GMBH, he set-up an ultra modern production facility in Glashutte to manufacture precision watch-movements bearing the « Made in Germany ». Amid the first watches were the « Lange 1 » then the « Pour le Merite » a tourbillon with fusee and chain. In 1997, came the « Sax-O-Matik » with the self winding L921 movement. In 1999, the famous caliber L951.1 came in the « Datograph ». Since July 2000, Lange is owned by Richemont Group. The last most famous models are the « Lange 1 Zeitzone », the « Tourbograph » and the smart 3-handed « Richard Lange » manually wound watch.

Technical details

Manual wind A Lange & Sohne movement with caliber L095.3 with 45 jewels and 21,600 A/h. The watch has 72 hours of power reserve. Number of parts 446.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 41mm


Length including lugs: 47mm