106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 57
A. Lange & SöhneLANGE 1 ZEITZONE Honey Gold
An extremely rare Glashuette wristwatch in new condition, with Lange oversize date, zone time with city ring, separate day/night indicators for home and zone time, auxiliary seconds and power reserve indicator, produced in a special series limited to only 100 pieces in 18 K HONEY GOLD - with original box, operating instructions, Lange-booklet, Lange-guarantee seal dated June 9, 2017 and A. Lange & Söhne Proof of Origin
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On the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the presentation of the first Lange collection in the Dresden Residenzschloss on 24 October 2016, A. Lange & Söhne released a special edition of the LANGE 1 ZEITZONE limited to 100 pieces in 18-carat honey gold, an innovative gold alloy of unprecedented hardness developed exclusively for A. Lange & Söhne and was presented for the first time in 2010 with the Homage Edition. A subtle detail of the limited edition model is the mention of Dresden as a representative of the Central European time zone on the rotating city ring; in addition, subtle colour changes can be seen in comparison to the conventional model. The dots between the 24 city names, the "GMT" designation and the outer ring of the second time zone at the 5 o'clock position are now blue.
The LANGE 1 TIME ZONE indicates the current time in all of the world’s 24 time zones while simultaneously displaying home time. A peripheral city ring makes it possible to set the zone times with pushbutton convenience. Thus, both times are readable at a glance. The small dial indicates the time in a second time zone. A small solid-gold applied arrow in the small dial points at the city that represents the time zone to which the watch is momentarily set. When the time-zone pusher at the 8 o'clock position is pressed, this causes the city ring and the hour hand of the smaller dial as well as its day/night indicator to advance step by step until the current time in the respective time zone is displayed. A separate pusher at 10 o'clock is used to set the date. This technical masterpiece is handled by a complicated 67-part correction mechanism.