Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Nov 27, 2016
A. LANGE REF. 760.032F RICHARD LANGE TOURBILLON POUR LE MERITE PINK GOLD A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sachsen, "Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Merite," Ref. 760.032F. Made circa 2012. Extremely fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon, off-center hour dial, large central minute dial and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne deployant buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, instruction booklet and warranty.
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Satiné, solid silver, subsidiary off-center hour dial with pivoting dial segment, black painted Roman numerals, large central minute dial with outer minute divisions with red 15-minute markers, aperture for the tourbillon regulator at 7. Pink gold alpha hands. Cal. L 072.1, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels including 3 in screw-mounted gold chatons, power equalization with chain and fusée maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing, tourbillon cage, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with equidistant polished steel three-arm carriage, Glucydur balance with screws adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hand engraved balance bridge.