A. Lange & Söhne

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 forgot to mention that!

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 ... 

As you wrote in your post.

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... 

thank you very much! I will be sharing this quiet a lot.

Thanks!

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it also goes well with the untreated German silver.

i will ask and get back to you as soon as i receive an answer!

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.