One of the finest watch manufacturers in the world, German brand A Lange & Söhne offers beautiful timepieces with top-notch mechanical watchmaking inside and superbly clean and sophisticated dials. The new Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar is a prime example. The watch is powered by an all-new, in-house-made self-winding movement with innovative winding system and a peripheral month ring instead of the typical 48-tooth cam that the brand used in the past. A journey around the dial reveals an off-center hour and minute subsidiary dial, a moonphase display that shows day or night, a day-of-the-week retrograde pointer that, once the last day of the week is reached, jumps back to the beginning to start again, and the outsized date. Boasting 50 hours of power reserve, the movement is the brand's 67th manufacture caliber. The moonphase display is accurate for 122.6 years before needing a one-day correction. This 41.9mm white gold version boasts a solid 18-karat pink gold dial. Just 150 pieces will be made.
Details
| Company | A Lange & Söhne |
| Price ($) | 116,000 |
| Price range | $100,000 - $200,000 |
| Gender | Male |
| Case | Round |
| Complications | Moon Phase Minutes Day/Night Indicator Hours Date Leap Year Small Seconds Day/Week Indicator Month Indicator Calendar |
| Water Resistance | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic |
| Power Reserve Range (hours) | 49 - 72 |
| Power Reserve | 50 hours |
| Case Size | Large (>39mm) |
| Case Diameter (mm) | 42 |
| Case Height (mm) | 12 |
| Case Back | Open |
| Case Colour | White Gold |
| Case Material | White Gold |
| Dial Colour | Gold |
| Dial Material | Gold |
| Limited Edition | Limited edition |
| Caliber | L021.3 |
| Where to buy | A Lange & Söhne in New York |
| Reference Number | 345.056; LSLS3453AA |
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A Lange & Söhne showcases the supreme of German horology. Originally founded in 1845, the watchmaker persevered through Soviet nationalization, its trademark resurfacing in 1990 when it was realized and re-registered by Walter Lange. Early patrons and owners of its timepieces reflect the high regard in which the brand is held, having been worn by men of great prominence including the German Emperor Wilhelm II and Alexander II of Russia.Some of its most famous collections include the Lange 1 and Zeitwerk lines which assure the most intricate of assembly and finishing techniques, as well as carry the brand's distinctive outsize date which is three times the scope as those in watches of comparable dimensions. Recently sprung from the Zeitwerk family is the Minute Repeater piece which, melodically keeping time, is the first mechanical wristwatch to possess a jumping numeral display and decimal minute recurrence. The intricate ticking sounding from this timepiece mirrors the complexity of the watch itself, which is fashioned from 191 individually hand-finished fragments.
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