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A. Lange & Söhne Celebrates 25 Years Of Datograph With The Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon Honeygold “Lumen

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The Newest A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 is Insanely Clever

.Lange & Söhne, as Anthony de Haas, the brand’s longtime Director of Product Development likes to say, is for watch nerds. This statement is both accurate and entirely complimentary. As one of the world’s most revered watch brands, A. Lange & Söhne produces an extremely limited number of watches each year, employs no celebrity ambassadors, and is beloved by collectors who appreciate their unabashedly technical approach to watchmaking. From their hard-to-pronounce name (it’s ah long und zonnah to those in the know) to their incredibly complicated German-made movements, there’s no other maker quite like it.

While more people might be familiar with the A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus, the brand’s quirky integrated bracelet sport watch that received a new chronograph movement earlier this year at Watches & Wonders, the true fan favourite is the Lange 1. Released in 1994, when the brand rose from the ashes after a long period of hibernation, the watch’s unusual dial layout and oversized date function became a paradigm for A. Lange & Söhne’s future creations. The latest of these is the Lange 1 Time Zone in 950 platinum

The Lange 1 Time Zone was first launched in 2005 and relaunched in 2020 with the new in-house calibre L141.1. The 2023 platinum edition joins previous iterations in rose gold and white gold, but it doesn’t mark any major technical departures from the previous one. It does, however, deserve a closer look purely on the merits of having one of the coolest movements of any world timer out there.

Like most world-time watches, the Lange 1 features a ring of 24 reference cities (one for each of the world’s 24 time zones) around its bezel. Due to the Lange 1’s unconventional layout, however, this doesn’t greatly reduce the visibility of the four other complications displayed on the dial. This includes a home time dial (and perhaps the tiniest small seconds subdial ever made) as well as a smaller dial displaying a second time zone. Look closer and you’ll notice each of those dials is also equipped with a blue half circle, which rotates to indicate day vs night. You’ll also find Lange’s signature big date undiminished, along with their unapologetically German power reserve indicator (ab/auf = up/down).

When the corrector button at 8 o’clock is pressed, the city ring around the bezel rotates by one time zone. At the same time, the hour hand in the second time zone dial advances by an hour to display the correct time in the city indicated by the small arrow at 5 o’clock. Still with us? Because, as Ron Popeil would say (and you know Ron would be a Lange guy), wait there’s more! The little arrow also features a small indicator that tells you if the time zone you’re looking at observes daylight-saving time by turning red.

Finally, the Lange 1 Time Zone features an ingenious synchronization mechanism that allows the second time to be transferred from the smaller dial to the larger one. Perhaps best to let Lange’s engineers tackle this one:

“When the crown is pulled in the second position, the times of both zones can be adjusted synchronously. However, if the time-zone correction button is pressed and held, the hour hand of the zone-time dial will be stopped in its position. Now, the defined new main time can be set independently of the zone time. Finally, it may be necessary to correct the outsize date, which is connected with main time, by actuating the date correction button at 10 o’clock.”

If, after reading that, you immediately started scouring the internet for a Lange 1 of your own, you’re just the kind of watch nerd that A. Lange & Söhne is made for.

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Ακόμα ένα αριστούργημα !!!

https://youtu.be/wC7IjN4mivU

Τα limited Odysseus πουλιόνται πριν καν την ανακοίνωση τους. Η εταιρία επικοινωνεί με συγκεκριμένους συλλέκτες και τους τα προσφέρει.

Γιαυτο και δεν έχει βγει ποτέ το Odysseus από τιτάνιο στη δευτερογενή αγορά. Αν αλλάξει κάποιο χέρια, γίνεται μεταξύ μεγαλο-συλλεκτών.

Καπου διαβασα οτι πουληθηκαν ηδη ολα
Μεσα απο την εκθεση 

Θεωρώ τον εαυτό μου τυχερό που είχα δει το datograph του Κωνσταντίνου από κοντά.

Το σοκ και το δέος που αισθάνεσαι όταν το δεις από πίσω δεν περιγράφεται. Που να είχα και καμιά λούπα τότε μαζί.

Ακόμα εκεί θα ήμουν να το κοιτάω.

The magnificent 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar “Handwerkskunst”. It was the first A. Lange & Sohne model to combine enamel art and engraving on its dial

The magnificent 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar “Handwerkskunst”. It was the first A. Lange & Sohne model to combine enamel art and engraving on its dial

Α. Lange & Söhne’s Latest Zeitwerk Continues a Legacy of Outlandish Elegance

German high-end luxury watchmaker A. Lange & Söhne sets itself apart by constantly challenging horology’s key concepts. Nowhere has it been more brazen than in the release of the Zeitwerk – an unusual digital watch that is powered by a mechanical heart. The first generation of this watch was unconventional, innovative and a real treat for watch aficionados. It was also very expensive. The brand has teased us with new Zeitwerk models over the years – we were particularly taken with the Zeitwerk Honeygold ‘Lumen’ release – but it wasn’t until 2022 that it dropped a fully reworked 2nd Generation of the Zeitwerk. Forged from pink gold and platinum, and with a redesigned movement, the two new models showcase avant-garde watchmaking at its finest.

Like our favourite watches, the Zeitwerk has an interesting backstory, with its creation inspired by the clock in Dresden’s Semper Opera House. That clock – itself groundbreaking – features a digital display that was developed with the help of A. Lange & Söhne’s founder, Ferdinand Adolph Lange. The Zeitwerk is a development of that concept and boasts large, highly legible numbers rather than the traditional hands of a mechanical watch.

The complexity required to achieve this is nothing short of staggering. Ok, numbers updating mechanically each minute doesn’t sound too difficult to achieve, but it presented a massive challenge for the Saxony-based watchmaker. The two new models house an updated movement – Calibre L043.6 – that features three layered numeral discs. To power these wheels – and it takes a lot more juice than traditional watch hands – the brand had to perform some mechanical gymnastics. Get this, the new movement has 451 parts, 59 jewels, required 7 patents and is hand-finished. Unbelievably, it’s also a little slimmer than the earlier movement and now has the power reserve doubled to 72 hours.

The two new watches have contrasting styles with the pink gold model featuring a black dial and a time bridge made of untreated German Silver. Its sibling has a case crafted from platinum, a solid silver dial and a black rhodium bridge. Both models are styled to flaunt the functionality of the movement, the time bridge, with its exposed jewel, being the most obvious example. The lower dial houses a large sub-second dial and below the 12 o’clock position there’s a power reserve indicator. A noticeable update is a pusher at 4 o’clock, allowing easy updating of the hour window for quick time-setting.

The second-generation Zeitwerk is a beauty and a practical update on the original. Although there’s been no announcement of the price, we’re confident that this is a six-figure watch

A. Lange & Söhne ZEITWERK
Diameter: 41.9mm
Height: 12.2mm
Case: 18-carat Pink Gold or 950 Platinum
Movement: Lange Manufacture Calibre L043.6
Bracelet: Hand-stitched Alligator Leather
Crystal: Sapphire
Price: Upon Request

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