{"id":1640,"date":"2013-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/record-price-for-a-a-lange-and-sohne-tourbillon-pour-le-merite-n1357\/"},"modified":"2013-03-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T23:00:00","slug":"record-price-for-a-a-lange-and-sohne-tourbillon-pour-le-merite-n1357","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/record-price-for-a-a-lange-and-sohne-tourbillon-pour-le-merite-n1357\/","title":{"rendered":"Record price for a A. Lange & S\u00f6hne Tourbillon Pour le M\u00e9rite"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Geneva, on 17 March 2013 at the Antiquorum auction Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, one of the most coveted A.Lange & S\u00f6hne masterpieces changed hands for 275.710 euros: a TOURBILLON “Pour le M\u00e9rite” with the very rare combination of a white?gold case and a blue dial.<\/p>\n

The? fascinating? watch? belongs? to? a? 1994? limited? edition? of? 200? pieces.? Fifty? of? these? watches? were? cased? in? platinum? and? 130? were? presented? in? 18?carat? white?gold? cases.? Only? 19? were? endowed? with ?white?gold? cases.?? The? exceptionally? high? result? fetched? by? the? complication? not? only? by? far? exceeded? the? maximum? estimate? of? 225,000? euros.? It? sold? for? more? than ?4 ?times ?the? original ?retail? price.?Watch? collectors?from ?all? over ?the ?world ?had ?expressed? their ?interest ?in ?this ?opus.?The ?auction ?result ?is ?the? highest? ever? recorded? for? a? white?gold? TOURBILLON? “Pour ?le ?M\u00e9rite” ?by ?A.?Lange?&?S\u00f6hne. ?At? auctions,? the ?TOURBILLON ?”Pour ?le ?M\u00e9rite” ?ranks? among ?the? most? sought?after? A.? Lange? &? S\u00f6hne? models.? Well?maintained? exemplars? regularly? fetch? three? to ?five ?times ?their?launch? price.? <\/p>\n

With ?its ?unique ?fus\u00e9e?and?chain ?transmission, ?the ?TOURBILLON ?”Pour ?le ?M\u00e9rite” ?is ?particularly? significant? for ?the ?eminent? Saxon ?manufactory.? Implemented? for ?the ?first ?time? in ?a ?wristwatch,?the? mechanism? that? offsets? the? torque? loss? of? the? mainspring? was? combined? with? an? immaculately? executed? one? minute ?tourbillon ?in? 1994? and? demonstrated? that ?Lange ?had ?reconquered ?its ?traditional ?rank ?among? the?
fore most ?makers ?of ?complicated ?timepieces.<\/p>\n

About A. Lange & S\u00f6hne <\/strong>
When Ferdinand A. Lange, a Dresden watchmaker, established his watch manufactory in 1845, he laid the cornerstone of Saxony\u2019s precision watchmaking. His precious pocket watches remain highly coveted among collectors all over the world. The company was expropriated after World War II, and the name A. Lange & S\u00f6hne nearly fell into oblivion. In 1990, Ferdinand A. Lange\u2019s great-grandson Walter Lange had the courage to relaunch the brand. Today, Lange crafts only a few thousand wristwatches in gold or platinum per year. They are endowed exclusively with proprietary movements that are lavishly decorated and assembled by hand. In a period of little more than 20 years, A. Lange & S\u00f6hne developed over 40 manufacture calibres and secured a top-tier position among the world\u2019s finest watch brands. Its greatest successes include innovative time-keeping instruments such as the LANGE 1 with the first outsize date in a series produced wristwatch as well as the LANGE ZEITWERK with its supremely legible, precisely jumping numerals. Meanwhile, both models have become icons of a brand rich in tradition.<\/div>\n