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Lot Essay
The Langematik Perpetual was the first mechanical wristwatch to combine a perpetual calendar with a Lange outsize date. The calendar displays as well as the moon phase indication can be advanced either individually or collectively by depressing the calendar change button in the band. Once correctly set, the date display remains accurate until the next secular year occurs. The moon phase mechanism is also stunningly accurate: after 122.6 years of uninterrupted operation, it deviates from synodic lunation by merely one day. It also features Lange’s patented zero-reset mechanism. The ‘zero-reset’ mechanism simplifies the precise synchronization of the watch to exact time. When the crown is pulled out, it automatically causes the seconds hand to jump to the 12 o'clock or ‘zero’ position so that it can be restarted in exact coordination with a time signal.
Of course, the chief glory of the present watch is the exquisite and superb quality solid platinum bracelet made for Lange by the very prestigious Pforzheim based jewellery maker Wellendorff. The company produced several bracelet designs for Lange, as they had previously done for Patek Philippe, although today Wellendorff no longer produce bracelets. Due to its huge cost at the time, very few examples were made and therefore to find an example such as the present watch with the original bracelet is quite an amazing discovery and a prize catch for collectors.
Of course, the chief glory of the present watch is the exquisite and superb quality solid platinum bracelet made for Lange by the very prestigious Pforzheim based jewellery maker Wellendorff. The company produced several bracelet designs for Lange, as they had previously done for Patek Philippe, although today Wellendorff no longer produce bracelets. Due to its huge cost at the time, very few examples were made and therefore to find an example such as the present watch with the original bracelet is quite an amazing discovery and a prize catch for collectors.