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AllThingsWatches shares his successful quest to find a matching A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Automatic with an anthracite dial for his wife, complementing his own Timezone. This post highlights the challenges of locating rare dial and metal combinations, celebrating the joy of a shared passion for horology and the beauty of a perfectly paired collection.
Hello everyone, I acquired my A. Lange & Sohne Timezone Rose Gold Anthracite back in late 2012 and just love it. I just have a thing for rose gold and grey dials. However my wife also fell in love with it so from that point on I was on the hunt!
A few issues that made this a really challenging piece to find. First she wanted a Rose Gold Lange, okay easy enough. But then she wanted the anthracite dial and the big date but the Lange 1 case was too big for her.
The only option? Saxonia automatic! So the quest began and I put all my feelers out there. I was able to find a few saxonias but never with the anthracite dial. Even looking all over the internet on various watch forums I couldn't find a single post besides references from past SIHH shows.
Not 1 collector that posts had this watch. This was the same for sales archives.....nothing!
Then 1 day 2 weeks ago I had dinner with a friend and he told me of a place where to find it. Was it too good to be true? For the moment yes because the reference he had was the version without the date. So I was bummed but decided to just give the dealer a call.
Low and behold they actually had the version I was looking for. What makes it better is that this watch is Brand New with full warranty! Needless to say I received the watch and my wife is over the moon with her first Lange. So here she is in all her glory. These watches make a perfect pair!
A Saxonia Automatix with the Sax-O-Mat movement is a superb choice, more desirable than the central rotor version. Congrats, I understand your wife... because I also would be happy to have this watch on my wrist! Fx
Yes it is stunning in person. I am jealous because I really like the watch! A bit too small for me though.
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for a great RG+Grey dial combination. I was talking about the old saxonias lately as I like them really much. Here you found the big date with the micro-rotor and the elegance of a Lange. Congratz to her. Cheers, Mark
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