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SIHH 2015 - A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Grey Dial White Gold - Hands-on with live photos, specs & price - Monochrome Watches
What can we say about the?A. Lange & Sohne Datograph that hasn't already been said? Certainly one of the finest chronographs of all time, but?if you add a perpetual calendar to the package, what do you receive back? A superb, exclusive, technical and desirable timepiece. Is this QP edition better than the chronograph only? Maybe not. Anyway, the?A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual is pure horological sweetness and for the 2015 edition of the SIHH, the German manufacture decided to slightly update it by bringing a new colour and a new material. We said new… Well, not exactly!Let us go back to the very beginning of SIHH 2015. We presented you the Datograph Up/Down in its Pink gold edition, which was a reissue of an old watch. Indeed, the first execution of the Datograph (not Up/Down) was already available in this pink gold / black dial combination. Well, A. Lange & Sohne is now using?the exact same recipe for the Datograph Perpetual. The combination of a white gold cas
A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar White Gold - Review, Specs & Price
The 1815 Annual Calendar is the second complication of this genre in A. Lange & Sohne‘s current line-up. Following the launch of the Saxonia Annual Calendar in 2010 with an automatic movement and outsized date window, Lange came out with the 1815 manual-winding/analogue date Annual Calendar at the beginning of 2017. Two years might have passed, but there's no getting tired of this classic beauty. Released in pink and white gold, we had the more understated white gold model for our hands-on session.?Editor’s note: this review of the A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar is part of a series of three articles where we will compare two of the most desirable high-end, hand-wound Annual Calendar watches currently on the market. Two watches with the same concept, but two different flavours. The third article, which will be published after our two separate reviews, will pit them side-by-side. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Introducing the A. Lange and Sohne 1815 Limited Edition for the 200th Anniversary of F.A. Lange - specs and price - Monochrome-Watches
The year 1815 had seen the birth of an important man, a man responsible for the introduction of fine watchmaking in Glashutte, Germany. At the age of 30, Ferdinand Adolph Lange founded the manufacture Lange?near Dresden, in the eastern state of Saxony. He highly contributed to the creation of an whole industry that is now a real pride?for Germany. In order to celebrate the 200th anniversary of its birth, A. Lange and Sohne is now introducing a limited edition. Here is the?the A. Lange and Sohne 1815 200th Anniversary F. A. Lange Limited Edition, in platinum with back dial.?Even if we all know about the beauty and technicality of the watches created in the city of Glashutte, especially those from A. Lange and Sohne, we?have to understand the importance of?Ferdinand Adolph Lange for this region. Not only F.A. Lange was a smart politician, an inspired economist and an innovative watchmaker but he was mainly a pioneer of industrialization. In order to break poverty and to bring some work t
Lifetime Warranty, Genuinely Good or Just a Good Marketing Gimmick? The Zenith 50-Year Case - Monochrome Watches
The number of watch brands introducing very long warranties is as long as the history of modern (post-quartz crisis) watchmaking. Until recently, two years of warranty was the norm. However, more and more watchmakers tend to offer five years and even more for some special editions. And that raises the question: does it actually make any sense from a consumer’s point of view??Earlier this year, Zenith introduced re-edition versions of the 1969 El Primero watch, the A386 revival, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its iconic movement and model. And it added a 50-year warranty! Now that is a very nice gesture, and it really shows Zenith's good intentions. With this kind of a warranty, this iconic watch and movement will probably exist longer than you and I will. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Zenith is a genuinely good watchmaker, and although it has
Pre-Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classic and Reverso Classic Large Duo - Monochrome Watches
Earlier this week, we showed some first anniversary editions of the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso – because yes, the old lady celebrates its 85th birthday this year… making it one of the oldest watches with a continuous production, and thus, one of the most iconic timepiece?(and luxury object) available. If these new introductions were focused on heritage, Jaeger-LeCoultre also renewed the more modern, classic editions – the ones with automatic movements. Here are the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classic and Reverso Classic Large Duo to be introduced at the SIHH 2016.The?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classic AutomaticThe?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classic is certainly the most classical, timeless edition of the collection. For the 85th anniversary of this model, the Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture offers a facelift and some technical improvements. Previously, this Reverso Classic was available?with a plain dial and a manual movement. The SIHH 2016 editions of the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Revers
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