A. Lange & Söhne

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?
This message has been edited by CR on 2023-07-16 15:24:33

... 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.

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 quality more recently seems spotless, at least on photos. I don't mind the little bit of handmade variability. I'm also waiting on another watch with an enamel dial from Donze Cadrans (without knowing that the Anniversary was already a dial from them), so now I'll have two somewhat different enamel dials from the same maker!

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 scratch in the seconds subdial where it looks like the wider part of the second hand might've touched/dragged on the dial a bit.  And there's a bit of a "bump" in one of the red numerals. But I can't see any of that with my naked eye and don't really care. Someone with better vision might be able to see some of these things with their naked eye. Also, I had the non-AR-coated crystal (which is more forgiving) replaced with an AR-coated crystal, which means flaws are easier to see.

I think I must not be as observant as you... even under a loupe I can only see a few minor things on my dial. Some ripples, one black dot or so, one white dot on a black numeral, otherwise mine looks good! Mine was an early serial too... I would have expected that the later ones maybe are the most perfect just from practice?

… 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.