$94,400
“Lange 1 Tourbillon” A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sachsen, "Lange 1 Tourbillon", No. 81/250. Made in a limited edition of 250 examples in 18K pink gold and 150 in platinum. Extremely fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible oneminute tourbillon regulator, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, push button on the band to correct the date, sapphire crystals. 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 upand- down indication at 3, apertures for the oversized date at 1 and for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 5. Pink gold luminous "alpha" hands. Cal. L 9611, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 49 jewels including 7 in screw-mounted gold châtons, 2 diamond endstones in screw-mounted gold châtons, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, cage with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hand-engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes “Lange 1 Tourbillon” At the 1900 Paris World Exhibition, Em
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-06-14
