Description

This model was Introduced in 2008. The Richard Lange Pour le Merite, is described by many to be the DNA of Richard Lange’s philosophy: Combination of utter simplicity with exceptional mechanics chasing after precision and accuracy.
Lange has been using the Pour le Mérite name to designate its most advanced creations going all the way back to the modern brand's launch in 1994.
Indeed, Richard Lange himself, the second born of the brand’s founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, was a technical genius who spent his life inventing & improving precision instruments. Richard Lange “Pour le Merite” honors his name with its hidden complication – fuseé and chain hence with its Pour le Merite title, as well as simplicity in the way it tells the time.
Richard Lange Pour le Merite measures 40,5 mms in diameter and a proportionate 10,7 mms in thickness; superbly matching its simple and elegant façade.
The Lange Caliber L044.1 measures 31,6 mm in diameter and a mere 6 mm in thickness. Despite its compact size, it consists of 280 pieces (counting the 636 parts chain as 1 piece). Built upon the legacy of Richard Lange, the caliber beats with an in-house balance wheel and spring at 3Hz and offers 36 hours of power reserve.