1,470,000 HKD
"Pour le Mérite" A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte I. SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite", No. 107/150, Ref. 701.001. Made in a limited edition of 15 examples in pink gold in 1996. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 36-hour power reserve and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant clasp. Accompanied by original Lange & Söhne boxes and certificate and extra bracelet with 18K pink gold Lange & Söhne buckle. Three-body, solid, polished, curved straight lugs, transparent case backsecured by 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Matte black withapplied gold lozenge-shaped indexes, subsidliary silvered guilloché dialsfor the seconds and the power reserve indication, aperturewith polished steel bridge to view the tourbillon cage. Pink gold "alpha"hands. Cal. L 902.0, Glashütte three-quarter plate,nickel-silver, movement decorated and engraved by hand, "fausses côtes"decoration, 29 jewels including 5 inscrew-mounted gold châtons, power equalization with chain and fusee,maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing,tourbillon cage bearing 2 diamond endstones, lateral lever escapement withone-minute tourbillon regulator withequidistant polished steel three-arm carriage, glucydur balance with screwsadjusted to 5 positions, Nivarox balancespringwith overcoil invented by Prof. Strasser, shock-absorber, self-compensatingBreguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38.5 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm. Not
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
