$142,200
A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite", No. 120/150, Ref. 701.011. Produced in a limited edition of 150 examples in 18K gold in the 1990s, with only 15 produced in 18K pink gold. Production of this reference started in 1994. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 36 hours power reserve and an 18K pink 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. Black with applied pink gold indexes, subsidiary sunk guilloché silver dials for the seconds and the up-and-down indication, aperture with polished steel bridge to view the tourbillon. Pink gold "alpha" hands. Cal. L 902.0-No. 410, Glashütte three-quarter plate, nickel-silver, movement decorated and engraved by hand,"fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jwels including 5 in screw-mounted gold châtons, power equalization with chain and fusée, maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing, tourbillon cage bearing 2 diamond endstones, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with polished-steel equidistant 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.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 m
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-05-26
