A. Lange & Söhne

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The design is a classic and should be produced.  The trick is to not ruin the damned thing with silly changes.  This version of the watch is very nice I think and does no disservice to the original. 

Not to mention the fact that this ISN'T a Lange 1 or any variation thereof.  I don't understand why the fact that it shares iconic Lange styling cues means it has anything to do with that other piece.  That's like denouncing every Breguet with guilloché because it's been "done before" or the Patek 5970 because its ancestors date back to the 2499...  Most brands have a certain "style DNA" that will obviously carry throughout its offerings and be reimagined in its new creations.  This isn't a Lange 1, it's an entirely new watch that carries over "traditional" Lange styling into something new and extremely useful from my perspective.

imagine for a second that Lange starts making LE's for each boutique or everytime the CEO meets a personality and decides to make a LE in his name. Nightmare! )

Karim

Just imagine, A 47mm Platinum cased hand-wound with Midnight Blue dial in enamel...

Wunderbar!

Stephen

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w/ blue enamel dial but think a 47mm case on a dress watch would be a disaster.    Perhaps you should try on the 31 day?

And if i had the funds, that would so be on my wrist!

Unfortunately, i am a very poor man, so that is but a dream!

Ciao

Stephen

Stephen, I cringe every time I have to buy razor blades or almost anything up to - and beyond - a bottle of Talisker.

Sure, I would love to have the 31 day "Monat" just to see how accurate it can be, from day to day, with its 10 sec constant force "remontoir". And can I wind it by hand???

The RL even more than the PLM RL beats all hell out of my CS. I mean half a second or none is better than 2, 3 or more when you can't even hack the seconds.

My friend and business partner Dieter (what business?) is now wearing what used to be my Calendrier, of which I catch a glimpse of from time to time. What turned me off of it: got bored with the immense style and perfection of the day-to-day and month-to-month funcions. Still I get to see it, almost every day, to my joy, sharing the joy of the wearer, his joy, and almost every day on his wrist - next to a Yachtmaster.

For a right-handed person who wears watches on his left hand, if only to protect them, the Lange 1 was never or ever an attraction for me, and so it remains.

As for the Daymatic - why not go really Germanic with "Tagesanzeiger" - it strikes me as rather burocratic compared with the somewhat burocratic Calendrier, which is thinner and easier, and more diplomatic, to slide from a shirt cuff. Just the time, Madames et Monsieurs! and not the windup time and the truly huge date - which everone seems to love!

The Daymatic does this very well indeed! The arrangement of the days of the week make a VC Patrimony slightly absurd - but again a matter of taste and living-style.

Would Captain Kirk turn up with a Pt. Daymatic or an Antiqua or Opus 3 in Glingonia-land ? But there I am again, on this side of the fence.

As a Romanier, I would wear a VH Trio. Ha, ha.

But to WIND a Richard Lange and to WIND a RL PLM - they can't take that away from me!

Sorry, but I have to rush off to the shop to admire Dieter's Calendrier and he to - the Richard Lange today - unless you have a better idea.

Dein Freund,
Amery

Oh how i wish i have such a life!

Btw, my RL PLM is doing average +1 sec a day, while my RL is doing about +3 sec a day.

My dream , would be to buy a house in Glashutte, and live there until i turn into bones. While my Lange's continue to shine as bright as they are always, and forever.

Love Lange, liebe Deutschland!

Tschuss

Stephen

you should ask for one......

Cheers

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but I fear something like that as I think Lange has a big identity,I can t really see Lange offering a wide spectrum of watches and models ala AP or even ala JLC.They should be careful with their marketing strategies,as many collectors might have something to say about it(for example rose gold 31 or datos etc etc).Mo

Lange has created a new movement - entirely new calibre with automatic winding and new functions - for a watch that is similar to the original. That is a first class way of doing things, instead of creating a new dial and hands for an old movement.

I do agree the original Lange 1 is long in tooth and should perhaps be discontinued. The Daymatic shares similar aesthetics, but the similarities end there.

- SJX

what you said when I read the royal oak comment... The royal oak and ROO can;t hold a candle to Lange 1 imo.

know if there will be an english version? Also, stainless steel would be hot.

Is Lange 1 going to be discontinued??

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and I don t think its going to be discontinued anytime soon.In times of financial difficulties I think brands tend to keep their most recognizable models.Mo

Why generate a substitute for a left-handed icon?

By the way, somebody should start a poll - geographically and professionally - of right-and-left watch wearers. Not of right and left handed persons who wear watches. Shake hands with someone, and even subliminally, out comes a glimpse of the Watch.

Lange & Soehne is getting dangerously near to "new wine in old bottles" IMHO.

Lange has officially "jumped the shark."

Its been a wonderful ride. Their movements are truly spectacular. 

Best,

asg

it is clear that with a production off less than 10000 watches each year, you can't come up each time with something complete new.
It still has a new movement, a new diameter case, a new feature (although not spectacular), ... and yes, about the design, I'm not sure either. I would still take the L1 anytime (based on pictures)

Compared with the innovations and line-up from PP and a lot of Swatch brands, it is not bad, compared with their sister company JLC, well threre is no picture.

Wait and see for the rest of the releases.

Just my 2 cents,

Dirk

.... with u have said. But yearly production is i think around 6'000 pieces per year.

KArim

I'm happy to see it "in flesh" within one month and I can't wait to see its caliber.

Fr.Xavier

From the pics I already like this piece more than the Zeitwerk or the Lange 31. When do we get to see pictures of the movement?
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I do like the fact that they have inverted the dial. This was one of the aspects of the eccentric F.P.Journe dials that I liked and something that annoyed me about the Glashutte and Lange watches – you couldn’t get a glimpse of the time with the watch peaking out from under a cuff.

 

The proportions sound good, but I am with the rest of you that are waiting with bated breath for a movement image. I hope they have done that rotor nicely, as I have never warmed to the three-quarter plate architecture, so I am happy to have something more interesting to look at.

 

[It would be even better if they managed to slip a PR indicator in the back. I like to know the state of wind of my automatics, and so few offer this feature. I realise I am nearly alone in this desire.]

 

And I do like the fact that ALS are providing more variety in the Lange 1 range. Surely this is the best way to keep the line interesting and give it even greater longevity? Some may be worried about dilution of the Lange DNA with a full rotor automatic, but that is what evolution is all about!

 

Still a classic for ALS.

 

Andrew

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