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Auktionen Dr. H. Crott - 81st Auction Important wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks and enamel boxes Start of the auction 12 p.m. on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel Frankfurt Airport; preview Saturday, May 1, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m and Sunday, May 2, from 8.30 a.m. until the end of the auction Mannheim, March 19, 2010 Auctioneers Dr.H. Crott, the internationally renowned auction house for fine watches is proud to present a preview of their May auction in Frankfurt; we are certain that the wide palette of finest objects will once again keep even the most demanding observer fascinated! >>> more >>> 165 Years – Homage to F. A. Lange Collection Three exceptional timepieces demonstrate the capabilities of A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte, January 2010 With a special collection of exceptional complications, A. Lange & Söhne commemorates the spiritual legacy of the founder of Germany’s precision watchmaking industry. Presented in a novel gold alloy of hitherto unmatched hardness, the trilogy consisting of the TOURBOGRAPH “Pour le Mérite”, the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON, and the 1815 MOONPHASE manifests the horological heritage of Ferdinand Adolph Lange enriched with contemporary ingenuity and artisanal virtuosity. It was in 1845 when Ferdinand Adolph Lange moved from the splendour of palatial Dresden to the remote and impoverished mining town of Glashütte to make his dream of the ideal watch manufactory come true. He did it with the intention of crafting the world’s finest timepieces. Aware of the fact that today’s innovation ... >>> more >>> Glashütte Original - Baselworld Preview 2010 Senator Sixties Panorama Date - Stylish Design It only takes a glance to recognize the 1960s. This extraordinary period’s unmistakable look and feel lives on in the movies and the music, architecture and design we still admire today. German design from the 1960s reflects the era and stands apart in a world of its own, stylish in a retro-modern way, elegant and independent. An authentic tribute to the spirit of the times, Glashütte Original’s Senator Sixties Panorama Date celebrates the most exciting and intriguing decade of the 20th century. >>> more >>> PanoMaticLunar XL - Less is more A statement of principle: less is more. Minimalism. Modern design. Function takes on form, and color is transformed into a subtle range of grays. The PanoMaticLunar XL. The quintessential understatement. The PanoMaticLunar XL presents the classic lines and look of the PanoMatic XL models in an understated, eloquent form. >>> more >>> Aeternitas Mega 4: the world’s most complicated wristwatch 36 complications, 25 of them visible, 1,483 components, a 1000-year calendar, a price tag of 2.7 million dollars, and 5 years’ work: what others have simply dreamed of, Franck Muller has made a reality! Never has the Maison de Haute Horlogerie better deserved its name of “Master of Complications”, pulverising the record number of complications ever housed in a single wristwatch. The challenge for the Master Watchmakers of Genthod was enormous: how to embed all the complications ... >>> more >>>