A. Lange & Söhne Record Sales at Auction

Glashütte, 11 October 2011 – A. Lange & Söhne encountered three record sales at Sotheby’s “Important Watches” auction, held on 6 October in Hong Kong.

A rare set of two limited edition GRAND LANGE 1 “Luna Mundi” wristwatches reached a hammer price of 980,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 93,750 euros), more than twice the original price. The set was produced in a limited edition of 101 exemplars and had been launched in 2003. The two timepieces in white and rose gold depict the moon phases for the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

At the same auction, a limited edition 1815 MOONPHASE “Homage to F. A. Lange” in honey coloured gold – a new gold alloy of remarkable hardness – was sold for 275,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 26,300 euros), representing a 45 percent increase in value. The watch was only launched in 2010 to commemorate the horological tradition established by Ferdinand A. Lange in 1845. It is most likely the first time this model has ever appeared in the auction market.

Finally, a LANGE ZEITWERK in white gold fetched 680,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 65,000 euros), representing almost a 40 percent increase in value. Launched in 2009, the LANGE ZEITWERK is the first mechanical wristwatch with a truly eloquent jumping numeral display, driven by an unprecedented constant-force escapement. It is one of the most sought-after Lange timepieces.

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Is lange starting to do what some suspect is done

By: ArthurSG : October 13th, 2011-18:51

at a venerable house six brand tabs away? I don;t think so. Good to know. Thanks.

For HK, doubt so ...

By: Kong : October 13th, 2011-19:09

At last round dinner event, the guests were nearly all wore the super ALS pieces. With the lower production quantity of just sub of 5K pieces, not surprised with North Asia market. So wear your Dato carefully while closing the car-door Kong

Ha! You still remember my experience...

By: ArthurSG : October 13th, 2011-19:39

not car door but close, driver window and the lesson is if you have to finger someone cytting into your lane, wait till the window is sufficiently wound down.... LOL

Great news Kong!

By: sidneyc : October 13th, 2011-21:47

Thanks for sharing the good news on Lange's performance in auctions... IMHO, I do find it a bit unusual for these watches to go at these prices though. These are not exactly the rarest Lange's (say if it's a Tourbograph that's different), and there are ot...

what's the retail for the 1815 Moonphase because at euro 26k with a

By: alex : October 14th, 2011-02:59

40%increase on retail that would put retail at around €14k which is surprisingly low.

Not Quite High Enough But . . .

By: Niblita75 : October 14th, 2011-05:10

Retail is higher than what you quoted, but the 1815 HG MP was certainly a steal, in my opinion, if you could find one.

It is quite accurate maths still that Kong is doing ...

By: COUNT DE MONET : October 14th, 2011-09:10

On the continent (europe) it had a retail price of 18.500 Eu. The surplus in the auction represents: 42% Seems to be o.k., the maths. Regards Moritz

My mistake

By: Niblita75 : October 14th, 2011-13:16

I was using a much weaker Euro (current spot) as I reside in the U.S.

Never mind ... financially weird times anyway :-). Regards Moritz [nt]

By: COUNT DE MONET : October 14th, 2011-14:15

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Thanks for the news ... I "followed" that auction, too

By: COUNT DE MONET : October 14th, 2011-09:12

I was also aware that there are these pieces at auction. Nice that value can still be discussed here ... But above all: good for Lange! Regards Moritz

Hmm ...

By: Kong : October 17th, 2011-03:05

Dear Mortitz For this auction prices, it is alright to discuss since it is general knowledge . However, street pricing discussion should be avoided otherwise our Forum will lose it merits. Agreed with you, this auction is indeed good for the brand ALS. Ko...

Well done Lange!!

By: Hororgasm : October 14th, 2011-14:15

To be frank....I am always doubtful of auction prices because they are so easily manipulated. But the prices at this particular one is not too unbelievable. But at least two of the above can be bought in secondary markets at cheaper then these auction pri...

Good news for Lange...

By: foversta : October 14th, 2011-15:19

And this gives me the opportunity to show you this old picture I took... in Spain: Fx...

I love your photo Xavier!

By: BluNotte : October 14th, 2011-18:44

Made me much happier than even the auction news above! Tschuss Stephen

higher than retail price

By: ivanclai : October 18th, 2011-23:42

One would wonder why you would pay that premium if you can get it from an AD at retail or retail with some discount. You might need to wait a bit but as anohter member said, these are standard produciton model and are still in production (except the limit...