173,100 CHF
Lange 1 Tourbillon A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i./Sa., "Lange 1 Tourbillon", No. 71/150, movement No. 16119, case No. 129321. Made in a limited edition of 150 pieces in 2000. Extremely fine and rare platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power reserve indication and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a certificate and manual. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, push-button on the band for date correction, sapphire crystals. Solid silver, subsidiary off-center hour dial with applied radial Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, sector for the up and down indication, apertures for the double-digit oversized date and tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge. White gold alpha hands. Cal. L 961.1, Glashütte 3/4 plate in German silver, fausses cotes decoration, 49 jewels including 7 in screw-mounted gold chatons, 2 diamond endstones in screw-mounted gold chatons to hold tourbillon cage shaft, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, cage with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, 2 hand-engraved bridges. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38.5 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes Lange 1 Tourbillon At the 1900 Paris World Exhibition, Emil Lange presented a pocket watch with one-minute tourbillon regul
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
