Hello, as a dedicated Lange fan and collector i always want the brand to be the best it could be as their successes and achievements become a source of pride for me. One of the things that bothered me a lot was the fact that the gorgeous Saxonia Moonphase...
I can't tell you exactly when Lange did this first, but it was also in a Saxonia, simple auto without date, maybe five years ago. I would not say "spoils" the watch but still a strange thing in a Lange.
Saxonia dual time, Saxonia automatic and Saxonia outsize date all have the same gold plated rotor. However, the choice to use a metal other than gold is not unique to Lange as VC for example use Tungsten and im sure other brands did or do so. I think the ...
The goal as with most things Lange is to be efficient and find the best solutions. Frankly, aesthetically it looks identical and i for one am happy with the superior solution.
... at that time, per Peter Chong, which I have edited for clarity: "Regarding the rotor in the new self-winding movement: The motivation for the replacement of the 21k rotor with one gold plated is not an exercise in cost saving, otherwise probably the p...
The Sax-0-Mat base automatic movement (used in the Saxonia Annual Calendar, Langematik Perpetual Calendar, Anniversary with enamel dial, old Langematiks with and without Big Date, etc.) also had no gold chatons.