$155,000
Pour le Mérite A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte I/SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite," movement No. 352, No. 69/150, case No. 110319, Ref. 701.001. Made in a limited edition of 150 examples in 1996. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K yellowgoldwristwatchwith visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 36-hour power reserve and an 18K yellow gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original warranty, booklet and fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved straight lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 9 and the power reserve indication at 3, aperture with polished steel bridge to view the tourbillon cage at 6, outer minute track. Blued steel alpha hands. Cal. L 902.0, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels including 5 in screw-mounted gold chatons, power equalization with chain and fusée maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing, tourbillon cage bearing 2 diamond endstones, lateral lever escapement with oneminute tourbillon regulator with equidistant polished steel three-arm carriage, Glucydur balance with screws adjusted to 5 positions, Nivarox balance-spring with Strasser overcoil, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, hand engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes The Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite" was produced in limited e
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-10-17
