Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 292

"Lange 1 Tourbillon" A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte in Sachsen, "Lange 1 Tourbillon", No. 43/150, Ref. 704.025. Sold on 2000. Made in a limited edition of 150 examples. 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 fitted box and 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 Roman numerals, painted radial indexes and 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. 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, handengraved balance bridge. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a Hong Kong Collector