$217,000
A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte I. SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite", No. 5/50, Ref. 701.005. Produced in a limi-ted edition of 50 examples in the 1990's. Out of this edition, only 10 examples were produced on a platinum bracelet, the remaining 40 were produced with a leather strap. Extremely fine and rare, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regu-lator, 36 hours power reserve and an integrated, platinum A. Lange & Söhne articulated link bracelet. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws to view the movement, sapphire crystals. solid satiné silver with painted Arabic numerals, auxiliary sunk guilloché dials for the seconds and the up-and-down indication, aperture with polished steel bridge to view the tourbillon. ""Alpha"" blued steel hands. Cal. L 902.0 - No. 354, Glashütte three-quarter plate, nickel-silver, movement decorated and engraved by hand, ""fausses-côtes"" decoration, 29 jewels including 5 in screw-mounted gold châtons, 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, power equalization with chain and fusée, maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Approx. over
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-09-25
