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Lange & Sohne Grande Lange One Luna Mundi Set. Some thoughts.
Both versions share the same case, which is 41, 9 mm big and 10, 4 mm high. A small difference between the 2 versions? The case side which is brushed on the white gold, while the rose gold case is totally polished. Why? I don't know... But one thing is sure, each of them has very elegant and well balanced proportions.
The dials are different, here. The white gold shows the moonphase in the northern hemisphere along with the Ursa Major Constellation, while the rose gold depicts the moonphase in the southern hemisphere, with the southern Cross, which explains that the movement of each of them has a different reference: Cal 901.7 for the Pink Gold one, Cal 901.8 for the White Gold one, both beating at 3 hertz and having a power reserve of 72 hours.
The backside, so typically Lange:
The moonphase is accurate to 122, 6 years. Nothing exceptional, here.
Another Lange thing is the grande date.
BUT, and this may be the most controversial detail on the " Luna Mundi " and former Grande Lange One versions, everything is overlapping, here: The hours and minutes with the small seconds, and the grande date, too.
Some will find this display weird and busy, while others will find it charming. To each his own.
In comparison, the more modern Grande Lange Moonphase:
Grande Lange1 Moon Phase 25 Years 25 pieces WG, 2019:
And the Grande Lange One Moonphase Lumen, in 2016:
Nonetheless, I think the Luna Mundi Set was and still is a very charming offer from the past, 22 years after its release.
What do you think?
Best,
Nicolas
Lange & Sohne Grande Lange One Luna Mundi Set. Some thoughts.
The Grande Lange One Luna Mundi came as a set of two watches, limited in 101 pieces, in 2003. One in white gold, the other in rose gold. Both versions share the same case, which is 41, 9 mm big and 10, 4 mm high. A small difference between the 2 versions?...
Those are some truly stunning looking A. Lange & Sohne watches.
My favourite of the four by a long way would be the Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase 25 years as everything just looks perfectly balanced and in harmony plus the white gold and blue just compliment each other so well. On the Grande Lange One Luna Mundi I fall int...
For me the dial is very charming.. It doesn't bother me at all, on the contrary
Absolutely stunning. But they are a little bit big for my wrist. I prefer 38,5mm for a Lange 1.
Too cool
The only thing I find too busy is the northern hemisphere one. Too much going on for me between 10 and 2. Whereas the southern hemisphere has much less going on in that portion of the dial. I think 42 mm is too large for this style of ALS. Striking exampl...
I wasn't aware of this duo: thanks for the discovery!
Lange has done something really original, here, and I personally like that it is different. I'm not quite sure if I would choose such a Lange 1, but why not after all? The sky theme is well done and even the overlapping of the different parts is interesti...
All fabulous, but my heart finds the Grande Lange One Luna Mundi Northern Hemisphere with the Ursa Major constellation most charming,
in the way of the delightful (and my favorite Lange) the 1815 Moonphase Emil Lange.
When these watches were released Lange didn’t brush rose gold.
In fact, I remember numerous posts on various forums and in the press indicating Lange felt rose gold could not be brushed and be attractive. I never understood that position as GP brushed the case sides of their rg watches-to great effect. ...
I believe ALS did not have the confidence in the patina development of their RG alloy.
The concern was that the brushed surface would take on a whole different color and clash with the polished bezel. Later, they brushed RG case sides. Either they learned that it wasn’t an issue or they modified their alloy.
I try not to make things up or let my mind trick me, so I went looking…
www.watchprosite.com
I think they changed the alloy..
When I compared the recent RG with brushed sides vs previous RG with polished sides, I felt the recent ones are more red
I want to like these...
...but to me, the beauty of the Lange 1 is simplicity. But I could be persuaded... I'm also not a fan of the moon phase being in the Hours/Minutes dial...
Excellent post, Nicholas - thank you.
I remember when this set was released - living in the Southern Hemisphere, I had never seen a watch that correctly represented the waxing and waning of the moon from my vantage point! Interestingly, the movement in the Southern Hemisphere model has 4 extr...
Ah the Luna Mundi!
In addition to the limited edition Luna Mundi set (which was very easy to get -- they didn't sell well), Lange released the PT/rhodium dial version (115.025), and the YG and RG versions with two-color subdials (115.021/115.031), at about the same time. Al...