Category: A. Lange & Söhne

  • Lange launches the Datograph Up/Down in pink gold

    Lange launches the Datograph Up/Down in pink gold

    The Datograph Up/Down was launched in platinum in 2011, just before its official debut at SIHH 2012, and we were in Dresden covering the launch. The Datograph is Lange’s flagship chronograph, along with the Double Split, Datograph Perpetual and 1815 Chrono, which all have a variant of the sublime manual wind column-wheel equipped, vertical clutch,…

  • Introducing the new Lange 1

    Introducing the new Lange 1

    Since its original debut in 1994, the Lange 1 has been the most iconic watch from German watchmaker A. Lange & Söhne. Fast forward to 2015, and the line now consists of 15 models, with complications ranging from moon phase indication to world time zone to tourbillon. Yet, with all these new designs, the first…

  • Concorso d’Eleganza Lange “Como Edition”

    Concorso d’Eleganza Lange “Como Edition”

    On 24 May 2015, Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid presented a unique Lange 1 Timezone “Como Edition” timepiece to David Sydorick, winner of the 2015 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este jury award “Best of Show.” Sydorick’s exquisite 80 year old burgundy colored Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider Zagato was chosen as the most beautiful amongst a field…

  • Lange to unveil boutique edition of 1815 Chronograph

    Lange to unveil boutique edition of 1815 Chronograph

    A. Lange & Sohne introduces a special boutique edition of their other chronograph, the 1815. The Datograph is the chronograph that most people likely associate with Lange, but its lesser known little brother – the 1815 Chronograph – which is powered by (caliber L951.5), has essentially the same movement as the Datograph (caliber L951.6) but…

  • A. Lange Sohne 1815 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst

    A. Lange  Sohne 1815 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst

    To commemorate 200 years since the birth of Ferdinand Adolph Lange – the namesake founder of A. Lange & Sohne – the German watchmaker has produced a 30 piece limited edition version of the 1815 Tourbillon (which combines a zero-reset seconds hand as well as a hacking tourbillon cage – as seen in this video).…

  • SIHH 2016: Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase “Lumen”

    SIHH 2016: Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase “Lumen”

    Today, at the 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, the German watchmaker, A. Lange & Sohne, debuted the Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase “Lumen.” With the same dimension (41 mm by 9.5 mm) and movement (caliber L095.4) as the standard model, the watch is technically the same in most respects. The difference…

  • 2016 Watch Recommended: 9 German Watch Brands

    2016 Watch Recommended: 9 German Watch Brands

    Everyone knows the superb quality offered by Swiss watches. But few know that you can find watches of equal standard across the border, in Germany. In the decades, many German watch company saw the Renaissance new inventions and designs. Today there are almost one hundred German watch brands on the market, as you can see…