A. Lange & Söhne

Hi guys, i was wondering if anyone here has experience with this.

after fully winding the power reserve, the watch will run for a few minutes, but then it will stop with the power reserve in full.

is it time for a service? any idea how much this may cost?

TIA

tim

Perhaps something is loose or otherwise blocking your gear train (preventing power from your fully wound barrel from reaching the escapement).  You may even be able to identify through the caseback window if there's a screw or some small part missing from its intended spot.  I'm sure your local ALS dealer could give you a rough idea of service pricing or at least send it on your behalf.  If your watch is a relatively recent purchase, then service may be covered under warranty.  

It would intermittently stop running prematurely. It did this several times shortly after I bought it. Because it was new, Lange fixed it under warranty. The problem never recurred since then. It had to go back to Germany, though. Good luck with it -- hopefully it'll come back to you good as new soon. The ZW movement is just a beautiful work of art!

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Regarding the cost, I would say around USD 2000.

Best wishes

Alkiro

Best,  John.

Both watches are Zeitwerk Striking, with the issue that the watch stops with about 1/3 power left. We asked the Asia manager at that time, Franck, he said ALS knows what has happened and solved the problem already. We sent back the watches to ALS, the watches came back almost 2 years, without any similar issue.
You should send yours back. I believe it can be solved easily.

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And the issue has been solved. Hope so

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looks like im sending this to the spa gonna miss it for sure

Well, I'm not surprised with this issue. My Zeitwerk Luminous stopped within the first 3 months after I received it in 2011. The Lange factory said it was a problem with the fly governor. I received the watch after many months and had been enjoying since.

2 weeks ago, I could not wind the watch up to full power reserve.Then a few days later,I couldn't wind it up to full again. The crown does not move probably because the mainspring is jammed.So I have been advised to turn it in for service. Very surprising that Lange has not yet communicated with me directly even though they know what's been going on. My AD has been responding though.

Question is, why does a 6 year old watch that is worn for a day or two in a week have these kind of issues when even my 90 year old pocket watch winds up fully?

When I was considering buying my Langematik Perpetual and this Zeitwerk,the company people ensured they called me promptly, invited me to events after I bought their watches. When there's a genuine issue, they choose to remain quiet,hoping I will actually believe my well maintained and preserved watch needs a full service already. I wonder whether A.Lange and his descendants would have behaved in this way back in the day with their clients.

The current people in their namesake company owned by a conglomerate like Richemont cannot even humbly pick up the phone or type an email out after charging the earth to clients for these watches.The only reason these companies are in business and these people have their jobs is because of clients like us who buy their watches. So it's time we all realised what's going on.

Just a few watch companies really service their clients perfectly AFTER acquisition. After buying is before buying...

Best, Thomas

So I decided quite a while back to boycott their business.. no need to get upset over their subpar quality and fake marketing..

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About the price? They need to find first the roots of the problem.

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