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Lot Essay
The A. Lange & Söhne Langematik Perpetual reference 310.025 is a quietly monumental wristwatch that cemented Lange’s mastery of haute-horlogerie complications at the turn of the millennium. Introduced in 2001, the Langematik Perpetual achieved a fully integrated perpetual-calendar module to Lange’s self-winding Sax-O-Mat architecture, presenting a classical three-register perpetual calendar display with moon phases, 24-hour and leap year indication, and the Maison’s signature outsized date, the first wristwatch to achieve such a feat.
Housed in a restrained 38.5 mm platinum case with a finely finished silvered-grey dial, the watch reads with the clarity and restraint that define Saxon watchmaking while offering a 46-hour power reserve and the brand’s typical high level of finishing on the movement visible through the caseback. Historically the reference is important because it was A. Lange & Söhne’s first production perpetual calendar wristwatch — and one of the earliest automatic perpetuals to pair that complication with Lange’s large date display — a combination that broadened the brand’s technical vocabulary without sacrificing the disciplined, classical aesthetics collectors prize.
Housed in a restrained 38.5 mm platinum case with a finely finished silvered-grey dial, the watch reads with the clarity and restraint that define Saxon watchmaking while offering a 46-hour power reserve and the brand’s typical high level of finishing on the movement visible through the caseback. Historically the reference is important because it was A. Lange & Söhne’s first production perpetual calendar wristwatch — and one of the earliest automatic perpetuals to pair that complication with Lange’s large date display — a combination that broadened the brand’s technical vocabulary without sacrificing the disciplined, classical aesthetics collectors prize.