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My understanding...
... is that Donzé Cadrans made the Langematik Anniversary enamel dials, per a reference by Peter Chong. More recently, starting around 2018 I believe (with the 1815 Tourbillon), Lange started making enamel dials in-house for smaller runs. FX provided this example of Lange's in-house enameling process for Lange 1 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst.
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Enamel dial maker for Langematik Anniversary?
Does anyone know who made the enamel dials for the Langematik Anniversary (circa 2000)? Is it different than the enamel dials produced more recently in other limited editions? [Note to somethingpositive: I accidentally edited your original post (hit the w...
My understanding...
... is that Donzé Cadrans made the Langematik Anniversary enamel dials, per a reference by Peter Chong. More recently, starting around 2018 I believe (with the 1815 Tourbillon), Lange started making enamel dials in-house for smaller runs. FX provided this...
Thanks!
Good to know, thanks! I was curious because I know there was some variability of quality on the Langematik Anniversary dials, though Donze Cadrans is one of the top enamel dial makers so I don't know how they could have picked a better partner. The enamel...
Sure thing. Yeah, the quality varies among the 500 Anniversary dials, but even that "bad" ones aren't so horrible.
The dial on the Langematik Anniversary that I wear has a bunch of little things that are visible with a loupe. There are some tiny dark spots, and some of the black printing is too light/missing (like in the word "Glashutte"). There's also a semicircular ...
The dial production date might not correspond…
… with the caseback number, though maybe they do. I know #152 is better than #125 (both relatively low caseback numbers). I looked at them through a Loupe System loupe, which I think is 6x and excellent clarity.