A. Lange & Söhne

Here is the first opus which is revealed by Lange, one month before the SIHH; The Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour Le Mérite, which takes its inspiration from a pocket watch created in 1807 by Johann Heinrich Seyffert ( according to the Lange Press File ) : ...  

... here , but agree with many of the points you make about installing an enamel dial instead of solid silver or heat-bluing the hands (that would be amazing). I give Lange props for the legibility of the dial despite its opening and regulator layout, but... 

The segment over the Tourbillon has a width of 1 or 2 mm... Fr.Xavier

Also, the moving back and forth of the sliding panel could lead to cracks developing over the lifetime of the watch, I imagine (more quickly than a stationary enamel dial). Regardless, this is a very exciting development. Lange continues to impress me at ... 

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First: many thanks for this report ! Also: a good observation / point about the missing enamel dial. I actually assumed / expected this in this model too, until you mentioned it. My thoughts why it is not an enamel dial are also attached to your post as a... 

I think that the Richard Lange watches share in common an objective and not a style. The objective is: chronometry. Look at the 4 RL watches, they all have the same purpose: to be as accurate as possible. That's for me the key point and it is the reason w... 

... the central second hand RL in particular. And as regulators started as wall clocks / pendulum clocks in the first palce, it makes all perfect sence. Suits the RL family very well ... Regards Moritz

This clock was created by a young watchmaker at the Lange manufacture. Not the same dial layout of course... Fr.Xavier...