A watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person, the term
watch usually refers to a wristwatch, which is worn on the wrist with a strap or bracelet. In addition to the time, modern watches often display the day, date, month and year, and electronic watches may have many other functions.
Most inexpensive and medium-priced watches are electronic watches. Collectible watches are valued for their workmanship and aesthetic appeal, often have purely mechanical movements powered by springs.
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You are bidding on a A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Flyback Platinum Wrist Watch Retails for $63,100.00 USD. This watch is in Excellent as New condition. Comes with original Lange & Sohne Box and Paper work. Platinum case measures 39mm in diameter. Flyback chronograph. 30-minute totalizer at 4 o clock. 1/5 second center sweep seconds. Instantaneous reset-to-zero activated by lower chronograph push-piece. Sapphire Crystal. Large Automatic Double date display window. Sapphire crystal display back to view fine movement. 36 hour power reserve. Model 403.035Blued steel subsidiary-dial hands. Tachometric scale along flange. Stunning movement perfectly visible to the viewer with no rotor to interrupt the design. Words fail to describe the magnificence of the movement with its levers and springs, circular graining and Glashutte ribbing, chamfering and polishing. In fact, Lange has patented the variable-position switch lever inside the movement to allow for the adjustment of the minute counter with disassembling the entire movement. The twin-disc outsize date is also under Lange patent protection.A. Lange & Söhne was first established in 1845 by Adolph Lange in Glasshutte. The firm established itself as makers of distinctive and fine timepieces - its pocket watches were prized by European gentry. Following the Second World War, the factory was seized by what was then East Germany. Walter Lange, the company s heir fled. It was only after the German reunification in 1990, that t ...