====== A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange “Pour le Mérite” ======

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The **Richard Lange "Pour le Mérite"** is a luxury watch by [[A. Lange & Söhne]], part of the [[A. Lange & Söhne Pour le Mérite|Pour le Mérite]] line.

The third Lange wristwatch with a [[fusée-and-chain transmission]] is named after [[Lange, Richard|Richard Lange]], the company founder's oldest son and technical director of the family business. The extremely demanding [[complication]] has the purpose to optimize the precision. It overcomes the greatest disadvantage of the winding train -- the unavoidable loss of torque -- by intelligently harnessing the principle of levers.

The heart of the watch is the [[manual winding]] [[manufacture]] movement [[Lange L044|L044.1]].

A further peculiarity is the bright shining, three-part white [[enamel]] dial, which is perfectly readable with its slender black Roman numerals for the hours and the small red Arabic numerals for 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes.

This model was presented in the beginning of [[2009]] in limited edition (in [[platinum]] 50, in [[red gold]] 200 pieces).

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**Reference:**
  * 260.025 [[platinum]]
  * 260.032 [[red gold]]

**Movement:**
  * [[Manual winding]] [[manufacture]] movement [[Lange L044|L044.1]], 21.600 A/h
  * [[Fusée-and-chain transmission]]
  * [[Three-quarter plate]] made of untreated [[Nickel silver]]
  * Decorated and assembled by hand
  * Precision-adjusted in five positions
  * Balance as well as escape-wheel and fourth-wheel cocks engraved by hand
  * Components 279 (not including the chain with its 636 parts)
  * 33 [[jewels]], 2 in screwed gold [[chaton]]s
  * Shock-resistant [[glucydur]] [[screwed balance]] with poising screws
  * [[Balance spring]] made in-house
  * Precision beat adjustment mechanism with lateral setscrew and whiplash spring
  * Power reserve 36 h

**Case:**
  * 18 ct [[red gold]] or [[platinum]]
  * ∅ 40.5 mm, H 10.7 mm
  * [[Sapphire crystal]]
  * Transparent caseback with [[sapphire crystal]]

**Dial:**
  * Tree-part [[enamel]] dial
  * Hands [[blued steel]]

**Functions:**
  * Hours, minutes, [[small seconds]]
  * [[Hacking seconds]]

**Bracelet:**
  * Hand-sewn crocodile leather strap with [[tang-type buckle]] in platinum or red gold

**Limited edition:**
  * Red gold 200 pieces, platinum 50 pieces
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