Watch of the Day · 2026-10-11 · from the archive
A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1
Ref. 101.026 · Stainless Steel — one documented result from the 1,183-lot MostExpensiveWatches auction record, featured today.
One of the extremely rare stainless steel Lange 1 models produced in the mid-1990s, featuring a silvered dial and blued steel hands.
At Christie's Geneva in 2013, this A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 ref. 101.026 achieved $154,000. This result matters to collectors because it represents an extremely rare stainless steel Lange 1 produced in the mid-1990s, featuring a silvered dial and blued steel hands. Across 43 documented A. Lange & Söhne sales in the corpus, where the brand record stands at $2,485,000 for a Grand Complication in 2024, this transaction benchmarks a rare steel execution.
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Compiled: 2026-10-11T00:15:27.778122+00:00