The Tourbillon Pour le Mérite was one of the original 4 models introduced in the earliest days of the modern A. Lange & Söhne, as visualized by Gunter Blumlein as a way to make a statement – A. Lange & Söhne would from now on be playing at the highest levels of horology. A total of 50 pieces of the Tourbillon Pour le Mérite were created in platinum, of which 46 in the 701.005 configuration.
