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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 94

Pour le Mérite A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i. SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite", movement No. 265, case No. 110258, Ref. 701.001. No. 8 of a limited edition of 150 examples. Made in 1996. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 36-hour power reserve and an 18K yellow gold A. Lange & Söhne buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved straight lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws to view the movement, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary sunk silver dials for the seconds and the up and down indication, aperture with polished steel bridge to view the tourbillon cage. Blued steel alpha hands. M. Cal. L 902.0, Glashütte 3/4 plate, maillechort, fausses côtes decoration, 29 jewels including 5 in screw-mounted gold chatons, power equalization with chain and fusée maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing, tourbillon cage bearing 2 diamond endstones, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with equidistant polished steel three-arm carriage, Glucydur balance with screws adjusted to 5 positions, Nivarox balance-spring with Strasser overcoil, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, handengraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.