A. Lange & Söhne

So after posting a few weeks ago I went ahead with the purchase of a lovely rose gold version of the 1815 annual calendar. I absolutely love it! As mentioned in my previous post. I had an IWC Portuguese 7 days for many many years and then it was unfortunately stolen a few years ago. Ever since, I have never had a leather strapped piece in the collection. A bunch of bracelets. Daytona, sky dweller, OP, Aquanaut and so on. But I still yearned a bit for a “dress” watch which could perform casual and dress much like my Portuguese did. Although I do admit the Portuguese is barely even a dress watch at 14 mm thick.
Anyway, my eye had been tempted by an 1815 up/down to replace the Portuguese with an upscale rendition. Then I came across the annual calendar and was completely smitten! My heart had to have it. Seriously. After annoying my AD for about two years checking and testing dress watches. Reverso, Patrimony, Portifino, Fifty-six. Nothing tugged at the “I must have this in my life” heart strings.
Then the 1815 struck hard.
I then spent a few weeks just double checking across the board that nothing in that price range seemed better. Patek Annual calendars. While nice. Just didn’t do it for me. The movements old (324 derived) and similar to my basic 5167 movement. (Of course the are modules on top but still) plus the moonphase on Patek’s are so… well. Stencilled. Not much artisanship is injected into them. The 5205, modern and fairly large. 5146 nicely sized but… oddly cramped. 5396. Not bad but no emotion inducing activity.

Then reading people commenting the 1815 AC is Manual wind. Okay. But I have a dozen watches. All my automatics run dead all the time as well. If my Patek AC runs dead. I have to poke the date pusher (hopefully only that pusher but it may be more) to get things in line. The Lange AC? Push the button on the side the number of days you are behind and Bob’s your uncle. Happy days!

So needless to say. Damn I love this watch!
Thanks for reading!

It looks great on your wrist and I like the rg hands, much better legibility on that dial. Post it often👍👍 My wg for contrast 🍻

And thanks again for you help with the manual around the questions i had Very much appreciated.
Yeha I agree on the RG giving a nice contracts with the dial. It really feels quite different. Usually I am all for white gold but this called to me haha

Well done!  Congratulations.  Thanks for sharing your thoughts and the pictures.  I must say the 1815 AC is a great watch....I tried it once at a boutique and was really drawn to it...looks and especially the comfortable fit on my wrist.  It doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves...like a little hidden gem in the Lange collection....

Big fan of this watch. The dial is very poetically and romantically executed. Your photos do justice to it! Enjoy!

What a brilliant piece and excellent photos of it too (I especially like the first and third photos). 

yes I am absolutely loving it! I’m finding it hard to pick something else to wear. It’s my first none white metal and gift full gold watch which I thought might be a bit of a shock but it feels as if I have always had it.

It's a great-looking watch, and the single-push corrector is incredibly useful.

That pusher is a great function.
My new choice if I ever move on from vintage annual calendars

It was one of the big reasons I fell for it as well.
The Skydweller has a lovely interaction with the bezel used for selecting what function to set and then just flipping through the date sequentially to get you back in sync very quickly. Then considering other complicated pieces with recessed pushers. I just felt like this was an actual well thought out step forward and another interaction to enjoy with the watch

On acquiring such a beauty.. enjoy