The Hong Kong Watch Auction: ONE | Page 516

A. Lange & Söhne Turbograph Pour le Mérite Produced in a limited edition series of 51 watches, the Tourbograph, in platinum, by A. Lange & Söhne is one of the watchmaker’s most complicated watches to date. While the company’s first Tourbillon “Pour le Mérite” was first released in 1994, the present watch is a modern interpretation, further enhanced by the rattrapante chronograph, along with a power reserve indicator and fusée-and-chain transmission. The one minute tourbillon is the main feature of the watch, comprised of no less than 84 components. The rattrapante chronograph too is particularly striking, allowing for time laps to be measured. HK WATCHES_NOV15_420-575_bl_CS5.indd 514 Yet, above all, it is A. Lange & Söhne’s craftsmanship which truly sets the watch apart. It takes 30 days just to assemble each watch, and only 12 examples were crafted in a year. The tourbillon bridge is completely hand finished and the components of the calibre L903.0 movement are painstakingly hand engraved. The present watch is offered in excellent overall condition. 22/10/15 11:49