A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Moonphase

What you’re looking at is an example of the most important wristwatches of the last 30 years. The Lange 1 is without question the manufacturer’s flagship model, and the big date function is its hallmark. Though found in watches like the Zeitwerk or the Langematik Sax-O-Mat, it’s in the Lange 1 that it’s shown to the greatest effect. Alongside other details such as asymmetrical sub-dials depicting the hours and sub-seconds, and the A. Lange & Söhne signature with its famous ampersand, it shows a clarity of vision that is wholly Lange.  This particular example from the late 2000s, a Reference 109.032, is equipped with a moon phase. Housed in a 38.5 18K rose gold case with a sapphire crystal and sapphire case back, it features a matching 18K polished bezel, a satin silver multi-tone Super-LumiNova dial with applied rose gold quadrant indices and a matching lance handset. Its displays include subsidiary hours and minutes at 9 o’clock, a moon phase/seconds register at 4 o’clock, a power