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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 92

?Lange 1 Tourbillon? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. Sachsen, "Lange 1 Tourbillon", movement No. 16070, case No. 129037. No. 37 of a limited edition of 250 examples. Made in 2000. Extremely fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, off-center hour dial, oversized date, power reserve and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by certificate.

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 pink gold radial Roman numerals and dart indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, sector for the up and 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. M. Cal. L 9611, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, fausses côtes decoration, 49 jewels including 7 in screw-mounted gold chatons, 2 diamond endstones in screwmounted gold chatons, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, cage with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, 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.