Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
A. Lange & Söhne · Zeitwerk
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 40 mm Meteorite Quartz
Reference 65470OR.56
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- A. Lange & Söhne
- Collection
- Zeitwerk
- Model
- A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 40 mm Meteorite Quartz
- Reference number
- 65470OR.56
- Year / era
- 1950 · 1950s — pre-quartz mechanical era
- Complication
- Time and date
- Movement
- In-house manual-winding, hand-finished
- Case material
- Quartz TPT
- Dial type
- Meteorite
- Strap / bracelet
- Alligator leather with folding clasp
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 40 mm
- Case thickness
- 10.2 mm
- Case material
- Quartz TPT
- Bezel
- Fixed brushed titanium
- Crystal
- Flat sapphire with Cyclops lens
- Dial
- Meteorite
- Hands
- Faceted dauphine hands, polished by hand
- Indexes
- Applied faceted white-gold indexes
- Bracelet / strap
- Alligator leather with folding clasp
- Clasp / buckle
- Titanium deployant clasp
- Water resistance
- 100 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 40D — In-house manual-winding, hand-finished
- Movement type
- Manual-winding
- Frequency
- 36,000 vph (5 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 65 hours
- Number of jewels
- 31 jewels
- Complications
- Time and date
- Functions
- GMT second time zone, date
- Watchmaker
- Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1950 – 1954
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Consistently trades above retail; waiting lists at authorised dealers remain long.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 40 mm Meteorite Quartz sits within A. Lange & Söhne's Zeitwerk line, introduced in 1950. It carries the house codes established since 1845 — quartz tpt case, meteorite dial and in-house manual-winding, hand-finished — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The movement's bridges are decorated even where they will never be seen once the watch is cased.
- The bracelet tapers across its length, which is why the profile looks thinner on the wrist than the specification suggests.
The House
A. Lange & Söhne
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 1845
- Founder
- Ferdinand Adolph Lange
- Headquarters
- Germany
- Tier
- Ultra-Luxury & Haute Horlogerie
- Major collections
- Lange 1, Saxonia, Odysseus, Datograph, Zeitwerk, 1815, Richard Lange
- Signature technologies
- Composite and ceramic case materials · In-house hairspring production
- Famous movements
- In-house tourbillon, manual-winding · In-house manual-winding, hand-finished · In-house automatic with 22k gold rotor · In-house automatic micro-rotor
- Notable watches
- A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 40 mm Slate Platinum (1978) · A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 39 mm Green Stainless (1969) · A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 44 mm Blue Quartz (1954) · A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 41 mm Silvered Quartz (1973)
Brand history
A. Lange & Söhne has spent more than 181 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Lange 1, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Ferdinand Adolph Lange established A. Lange & Söhne in 1845, working from Germany at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every A. Lange & Söhne calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
1845
Ferdinand Adolph Lange founds A. Lange & Söhne in Germany.
1885
A. Lange & Söhne earns its first international recognition for precision timekeeping.
1969
The quartz era forces A. Lange & Söhne to redefine mechanical watchmaking.
1990
A. Lange & Söhne enters the modern collector market with its signature lines.
2024
A. Lange & Söhne continues to produce Lange 1, Saxonia, Odysseus and other icons in limited numbers.
More Zeitwerk
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 42 mm Blue Carbon
Ref. 30433OR.72
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 43 mm Black Ceramic
Ref. 99059OR.86
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 37 mm Mother-of-pearl Stainless
Ref. 50369ST.58
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 40 mm Slate Grade
Ref. 27753OR.84
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk 39 mm Blue Sapphire
Ref. 26587OR.11