A. Lange & Söhne

I really like this Saxonia Annual Calendar. It is a very balanced watch. The three subdials have the same size, the case diameter is perfect for the size of the caliber and the big date enhances the main feature of the complication: we only need to change the date the 1st of March so once a year.

The Annual Calendar complication makes its big premiere in the Lange collection with this Saxonia and for me, it is a  good surprise: thanks to its layout, the dial is simple and the functions very readable. The Moonphase indicator seems to "breathe" and a friend told me during the SIHH, that this Saxonia is maybe a perfect "business watch".



I discussed about this Saxonia with other friends and some don't share my enthusiasm: maybe it is a good thing for the dial layout to have less functions, yes the dial is clean but at the end, they argued me that the watch seems to be a "downgraded" or a "light" Langematik Perpetual. Of course, each of us has his own point of view but I was far to understand them.



Thanks to its Sax-O-Mat caliber, its perfect size, its readability, I really think that the Saxonia is a very good option in the world of watches with "useful complications". These are my feelings about it.



What are yours ? Do you really think that is it better to forget it and to "jump" to the Langematik Perpetual or is it worth being considered as a very valuable Lange (with everything that lay behind in terms of finishings and quality) with an interesting complication ?

Thanks for your points of view !

Fr.Xavier


This message has been edited by foversta on 2010-04-28 13:26:55

but this model does not me dreaming of.

Maybe because for me Lange is more a manual watchmaker, even if this model is very high finished.

Seeing these photos, the dial is too "germanic" and without emotion. Just my personal feeling.

For me, I am much more sensitive and interested in the new FA Lange collection with higher level of decoration.

Whatever this Saxonia Annual Calendar is quite nice with all Lange standards,

Cheers,

Patrickh

  

Great finish a la Lange,but we expect that from every watch.

This annual c doesn t move me at all,it does what it says on the tin but no emotions.Considering that being a Lange it does not come cheap,I can t see the point of it.

This year Lange came with a lot of new models and novelties,but apart from the ZW louminous(watch of the year for me)the rest is pretty bland.

Sorry can t find the appeal of it,maybe in the flesh it is different.

Mo

especially this white gold model, but I think when weighing the choices from Lange, I would jump to their Perpetual. Their RG and PT Langematik perpetuals are my favorite form any brand IMHO. Thank you for the fantastic photos. Best,

I have the say the design is great and shows the beautiful craftsmanship just like every other Lange.

I don't agree it's a dumbed-down Perpetual, in fact I think it's a much cleaner version.

However, there's something in it that doesn't really speak to me. The same that the Lange Perpetual doesn't really speak to me a lot either. Perhaps because as a calendar watch, it lost a little bit of originality found in most Lange watches. Take an example, the Datograph, Lange 1 and 1815 are so originally looking you just take a quick glance at it and it's no doubt a Lange watch. They don't resemble anything like any other watches on the market.

Whereas for calendar watches, there's a high level of similarity between brands (Well of course! There's not many variants you could do with 3 sub dials..) and this Lange is not exception. If they manage a L1 Calendar Week, I think it would be more radical if they could do an annual calendar based on an extension of that, so basically it can be like a L1 Moonphase combined with the Calendar Week and either another sub dial or retrograde hand to show the month. Now THAT would be radical Lange.

This piece, unfortunately does not do anything for me.

I would much prefer to have a section or window for each month, rather then just a line.

The piece that is currently singing to me in the AC complication is the new Patek 5205

The dial doesn't flow the way some others do.

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Richard.

In fact, I think it would have been really interesting to make the DayMatic an annual calendar. Just need to incorporate the month in a unique way and add a moonphase...could be a really cool twist from Lange and a great extension of the Lange One!

I think having it on my wrist would make me long for its big brother, the Langematik Perpetual, instead.  Love those blued hands though!

I don't like the execution which feels dull and predictable. If Lange can create the Zeitwerk why not create something different for the Annual Calendar?

I would go for this vs the Langematic perpertual as it looks simply nice.

 

 

most seem not to like it......

Add me to them....

I prefer manual movements and I associate Lange with them.....

Also the dial does not really move me, comparing it to the new annual one by PP....

But the important thing is how it looks on your hand and how you feel about it.....

please let us know what you decide...



cheers

I find the dial very clean given a lot is going on. I am looking forward to seeing one in person. I just hope they start showing up. This in WG or the Patek 5205 may very well be my next dress watch.

But... It really feels like a watch that was put into the Lange line-up as a necessity rather than a good watch in its own respect.

However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. The Porsche Cayman filled a gap between the 911 and the Boxster. Today, the Porsche Cayman is a great car in its own right.

Only time will tell with the new annual calendar. But personally, I find the perpetual calendar to be a beautiful watch. The dial design, thickness, and overall aesthetics of the LangeMatik perpetual really sing to me. I'm even now finding the Patek Philippe 5140 (my favorite perpetual calendar only watch of all time) to be too thin.

If the finances allow it, I would forgo the Lange annual calendar and go straight to the Lange perpetual calendar. However, I still find that there is a large amount of charm with the Patek Philippe perpetual calendar. But my favorite Lange remains the Richard Lange Pour Le Merite. More realistically, I would consider a Lange One and the Zeitwerke.

Did you know that Patek Philippe perpetual calendars are also double assembled like all Langes.

... as they also show the time went by.

I am not sure wether I will like this fact or not but at least it is a new, a different mood that a watch can create.

Therefore I am more drawn towards a digital display like the PP 5396 in WG or RG.

The new 2010 version is just perfect!

Lange's new anual calender looks very clean, likeable and very readable.

No doubt about that: a very nice contribution from Lange to the horological world.

 

Moritz

 

 

Recently, I just got a Saxonia Annual Calendar in Rose Gold. I really love this model, since the first time I met (Love at first sight ^^).

 

 

 

 

 

 

This message has been edited by anan2523 on 2010-06-03 20:19:47