LANG 1943, EDITION ONE, A PROTOTYPE BRONZE VINTAGE-INSPIRED FIELD WATCH WITH EASTERN ARABIC NUMERALS

CASE NUMBER: L43 – NFS

Details

CIRCA: 2024
CASE MATERIAL: Brushed bronze with PVD coated-steel caseback with sapphire crystal
DIAMETER: 39 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Olive green woven textile strap
DIAL: Green with luminous Eastern Arabic numerals
MOVEMENT: Cal. L43.1, based on the Marvin 700 movement, 17 jewels
FUNCTIONS: Time only
BUCKLE: Stainless steel pin buckle
WITH: Undated Certificate of Origin confirming the Bronze Prototype, an instruction card, a signed note of gratitude from the Lang 1943 managing director Georg Bartkowiak
This lot also has an additional green CROCODILE leather strap. This endangered species strap will not be shipped with this lot and can only be collected from the Dubai office. Contact a specialist for more information.


Lot Essay

Lang 1943 is an independent German brand that was created by Georg Bartkowiak (former CEO of boutique watchmakers Greig & Benzinger) and Gerd R. Lang, the renowned watchmaker and founder of Chronoswiss. Few may know this bit of watchmaking trivia, but Chronoswiss was the first watch brand to introduce an exhibition caseback that allowed users to admire the finishing and the working of a mechanical movement.
Lang returned from retirement to form the eponymously-named brand (1943 is a reference to his birth year) and their first offering was a vintage-inspired Field Watch, the Edition One that is powered by the L43.1 calibre, based on a vintage Marvin 700 movement from the 1960s.
The present watch, as confirmed by the signed Certificate of Origin is a bronze prototype of the Edition One, which was originally introduced with a stainless steel case.