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Grand Havana Room, New York, May 08, 2002

LOT 302

A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte I. SA., Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite", No. 112/150. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and extremely rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with "Tourbillon escapement",36 hours power reserve and an 18K pink gold A. Lange & Söhne link bracelet.

USD 65,000 - 75,000

EUR 75,000 - 86,000

Sold: USD 145,500

C. three-body,solid, polished, transparent case back with screws, sapphire crystals. D. black with applied pink gold markers, auxiliary dials for the seconds and the power reserve indication, aperture with bâton shaped bridge across the tourbillon cage. "Alpha" pink gold hands. M. Cal. L 902.0 - No. 430, Glashütte three-quarter plate, movement decorated and engraved by hand, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels including 5 in screw-mounted gold chatons, tourbillon cage bearing to diamond endstones, glucydur screw balance, one minute tourbillon regulator with polished-steel equidistent three-arm carriage, Nivarox balance-spring with overcoil invented by Prof. Strasser, power equalization with chain and fusée, maintaining power and stepped planetary gearing, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1 - 01

Notes

Production in limited editions of 150 pieces in gold, 50 in platinum, and 1 in stainless steel. This tour-billon chronometer is without exception the most prestigious of all wristwatches produced by Lange & Söhne. It repre-sents the culmination of over 150 years of experience in the production of high quality precise watches.As far as we know, this is the only model produced today, utilizing power equalization with chain and fusée.