Wristwatches · Wristwatch
A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Daymatic, mid 2010s
- Maker / attribution
- A. Lange & Söhne (maker)
- Date
- mid 2010s
- Historical period
- Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Dimensions
- Case 39.5 mm
- Stock no.
- 40992205
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Analog/Shift (40992205)
- Catalogue title (original)
- A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Daymatic (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Analog/Shift (dealer), New York (stock number 40992205), this is a wristwatch by A. Lange & Söhne, made in Germany, dated mid 2010s. The Atlas places it in the Contemporary Horology period (2010 – Present) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 39.5 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Analog/Shift
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.” Debuting in 1994 in a hand-wound version, the Lange 1 Daymatic from 2010 introduced automatic winding, answering the call for those who preferred the convenience of a winding rotor. This particular example from the mid-2010s is housed in a 39.5mm platinum case with a sapphire crystal and sapphire case back and features a matching 18K polished bezel, a satin silver dial with subsidiary hours and minutes at 3 o'clock, a seconds register at o'clock, a day indicator at o'clock, a framed date window at 11 o'clock, applied indices, and a matching handset. It’s fitted to a black alligator leather strap with a platinum pin buckle and comes with some of its factory goodies. Powering this masterpiece is the Lange & Söhne Caliber L021.1, an automatic-winding movement that’s stunning to behold — and which can thankfully easily be viewed via the exhibition case back There are complicated watches, and then there are works of art. This is the latter.
Historical context
Contemporary Horology (2010 – Present)
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Atlas type guide
Wristwatches
Bracelet watches were worn by women from the early nineteenth century — Breguet made one for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in 1810–12 — but the wristwatch only became a man's instrument with military use and aviation in the early twentieth century. Between the World Wars it overtook the pocket watch; the 1920s and 1930s brought rectangular Art Deco cases, water-resistant cases and the first automatic winding systems.
After 1945 the wristwatch became a carrier of identity — dress watches, sports and dive watches, chronographs, calendars — produced by Swiss, American, Japanese, German, Soviet and Chinese industries. The quartz revolution after 1969 and the mechanical renaissance since the 1990s, including the rise of independent watchmakers, complete the story.
What to look for
- The reference number (between the lugs or inside the case back) and serial number, the starting point for dating.
- The calibre: its maker and number are often stamped under the dial or on the bridge.
- Originality of dial, hands and crown — refinished ('redial') dials are common.
- Case material marks: 18K/750, 14K/585, stainless steel, gold-filled, plated.
Dating clues
- Wire-lug cases: before c. 1925.
- Water-resistant screw-down cases: from 1926.
- Quartz movements: from 1969; sapphire crystals widespread after c. 1980.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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