Up for auction: 1815 ‘Homage to Walter Lange’ watch

Auction house Phillips, in association with Bacs & Russo, is expected to auction the only existing 1815 “Homage to Walter Lange” watch at the weekend of May 12 and 13 this year, with proceeds going to the Children Action foundation.

A. Lange & Söhne will offer the one-of-a-kind 40.5mm timepiece in stainless steel with a black enamel dial during the Geneva Watch Auction: Seven.

With a classic dial design, it is a jumping seconds wristwatch based on a historical watch made by Walter Lange’s great-grandfather Ferdinand Adolph Langein 1867.

Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid and an internationally recognised leading specialist in the watch market, Aurel Bacs, announced the auction at the SIHH booth of A. Lange & Söhne.

The Children Action foundation is a Swiss charity that helps disadvantaged children and young people all over the world.

In 1994, Swiss businessman Bernard Sabrier created the foundation, whose motto is “Every child has a right to childhood”. So far, more than 80,000 children have benefited from its projects.