$151,900
"Pour le Mérite" A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite", No. 49/150, Ref. 701.001. Produced in a limited edition of 150 examples in 1996. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 36-hour power reserve and an 18K yellow gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a leather fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved straight lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws to view the movement, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary sunk silver dials for the seconds and the up-and-down indication, aperture with polished steel bridge to view the tourbillon cage. Blued steel "alpha" hands. Cal. L 902.0, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels including 5 in screw-mounted gold châtons, power equalization with chain and fusée maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing, tourbillon cage bearing 2 diamond end stones, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with equidistant polished steel three-arm carriage, Glucydur balance with screws adjusted to 5 positions, Nivarox balance-spring with overcoil invented by Prof. Strasser, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes The Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite" was produced in limited editions of 150 piece
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-03-15
