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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 473

Platinum "Lange 1 Tourbillon" A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte in Sachsen, "Lange 1 Tourbillon", No. 74/150, movement No. 16023, case No. 129324, Ref. 704.025. Made in a limited edition of 150 examples circa 2000. Extremely fine and rare, platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power-reserve and a platinum A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a guarantee (now void).

C. 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. D. Satiné solid silver, subsidiary off-center hour dial with applied Roman quarter-hour numerals and lozenge indexes, painted radial minute divisions and subsidiary seconds dial at 9, sector for the power-reserve indication at 3, apertures for the oversized date at 1 and for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 5. White gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. L 9611, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 57 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, free sprung monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hand engraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.