90th Auction
2014/11/15
Lot 76
A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte i/SA, TOURBILLON "Pour le Mèrite", limited edition 21/50, Movement No. 331, Case No. 110421, Ref. 701.005, Cal. L902.0, 38,5 mm, circa 1996
An important, extremely rare and almost as new Glashuette wristwatch with visible tourbillon and 36h power reserve indicator - limited edition no. 21 of 50 pieces in platinum - with original box, operating instructions, guarantee and extract from the archives
Case: platinum, screwed on sapphire glazed back, Lange platinum buckle. Dial: solid silver, argente, Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds at "9", 36h power reserve indicator at"3", window for tourbillon cage, blued alpha hands. Movm.: 4/5 plate movement, German silver, "fausses côtes" decoration, screwed gold chatons, 5 adj., 31 jewels, chain/fusee with planetary wheel movement, finely executed mirror-polished steel tourbillon cage, 953 movement parts, Glucydur screw balance, very finely hand-engraved balance cock, chatoned diamond endstones on balance.
Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite"
The watch takes its name from the German order "Pour le Mérite" and boasts a design which has never before been used for a wristwatch: the train is driven via chain and fusée. The highly complicated mechanism optimizes the accuracy of the watch and can be watched through an aperture in the three quarter plate. An intricately assembled planetary gear system guarantees stability during winding. The model was produced as a limited edition from 1994 until 1998 (50 pieces being produced in platinum). Source: http://www.uhren-wiki.net/index.php?title=A._Lange_%26_S%C3%B6hne_Tourbillon_%22Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite%22, as of 03/13/2012
An important, extremely rare and almost as new Glashuette wristwatch with visible tourbillon and 36h power reserve indicator - limited edition no. 21 of 50 pieces in platinum - with original box, operating instructions, guarantee and extract from the archives
Case: platinum, screwed on sapphire glazed back, Lange platinum buckle. Dial: solid silver, argente, Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds at "9", 36h power reserve indicator at"3", window for tourbillon cage, blued alpha hands. Movm.: 4/5 plate movement, German silver, "fausses côtes" decoration, screwed gold chatons, 5 adj., 31 jewels, chain/fusee with planetary wheel movement, finely executed mirror-polished steel tourbillon cage, 953 movement parts, Glucydur screw balance, very finely hand-engraved balance cock, chatoned diamond endstones on balance.
Tourbillon "Pour le Mérite"
The watch takes its name from the German order "Pour le Mérite" and boasts a design which has never before been used for a wristwatch: the train is driven via chain and fusée. The highly complicated mechanism optimizes the accuracy of the watch and can be watched through an aperture in the three quarter plate. An intricately assembled planetary gear system guarantees stability during winding. The model was produced as a limited edition from 1994 until 1998 (50 pieces being produced in platinum). Source: http://www.uhren-wiki.net/index.php?title=A._Lange_%26_S%C3%B6hne_Tourbillon_%22Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite%22, as of 03/13/2012
Sold
estimated
250.000—320.000 €
Price realized
310.000 €