98,500 CHF
A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Tourbillon A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sachsen, "Lange 1 Tourbillon", No. 221/250, movement No. 16386, case No. 129221, Ref. 704.032. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces in 18K pink gold and 150 in platinum, circa 2000. Extremely fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, instruction booklet and warranty. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inverted bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, push button at 10 to correct the date, sapphire crystals. Two-tone satiné, solid silver, subsidiary off-center hour dial with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals and dart indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3, apertures for the oversized date at 1 and for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 5. Luminous pink gold alpha hands. Cal. L 9611, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, fausses cotes decoration, 49 jewels including 7 in screw-mounted gold chatons, 2 diamond endstones in screw-mounted gold chatons, 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, handengraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15
