SIHH 2019: Some live pictures and thoughts on the Lange & Sohne Lange One 25th Anniversary.
amanico
So, no wonder why this reference has been chosen for a series of commemorative pieces.
Lange is working from the " basic " Lange One to issue, each month till October a new " Anniversary " watch.
So, this Lange One 25th anniversary has a 38, 5 mm case, 10, 7 mm high, in white gold.
The dial is made of solid silver, with blue printed indices, hour markers and date.
The movement is the Cal 121-1, manual winding,72 hours power reserve, made in german silver, 368 parts, 8 screwed gold chatons, with a hand engraved balance cock. Credit picture: Lange & Sohne:
My picture:
Till there, even if it is, as always, beautifully made, nothing really special.
The special touches are:
- A hunter case back, engraved,
Credit picture: Lange & Sohne:
My attempt to capture it:
- Some parts of the hand engraved balance cock in blue, with a 25 in blue, too, to high light the 25th anniversary in question.
Credit picture: Lange & Sohne:
Nice, elegant, yes, without doubt, but for the 25th anniversary, I would have seen something else in addition to the hunter case back and the blue hand engraved balance cock, to reinforce the commemoration of such a special event, something like an enamel dial, and why not, a 25 at 5 o clock instead of the 5, in Red, or Blue.
Maybe we'll have something more " special " for the later Anniversary watches coming from February to October?
What do you think?
Best,
Nicolas
Comments:
TheWindingStem February 1st, 2019-05:55
Nice write-up i feel the general consensus on this one is that its not "special enough" as much as i like the 25 on the balance cock i would have much preferred the usual floral pattern and perhaps like you said an enamel dial with some red marking!
amanico February 1st, 2019-06:18
Thanks, Moe. Maybe they will do something more special for the " Anniversary " watches to come till October?
TheWindingStem February 1st, 2019-06:46
they will. but this is not a very promising start- tbh I've been going back and forth on this one for a while, it does look much nicer in person but when i look at it side by side with my RS Lange 1 i just feel like they've missed the mark somehow. Also, a new anniv...
amanico February 1st, 2019-06:48
I have the same question regarding the other LE's. Probably each of them will play in a different category of price...
VMM February 1st, 2019-07:05
Not my fav Lange 1, but very nice anyway, I like it. Thanks for sharing. Vte
amanico February 1st, 2019-09:27
My favorite remains the Platinum Black Dial.... That one, yes!!!
VMM February 2nd, 2019-02:20
Good choice. I'd probably choose this one, but I'm not sure. Vte ...
FabR February 1st, 2019-07:25
I like the dial of this Lange, I especially like the choice of colors -- and thanks for sharing with us no. 000/250! :-)
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I will very quickly kill the suspense: the Lange & Söhne SIHH 2019 collection was not the most spectacular of the decade. I want to say: all the better. I find that a brand of the size of the Saxon Manufacture doesn't need to release loads of novelties to draw the attention. Do not forget, its annual production is around 5,000 pieces.
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