It seems to be the year of tourbillons for A. Lange & Söhne (and a lot of other brands). They just released the Lange Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon and are continuing to utilize the impressive technique with the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, which isn't a new watch, but is new in white gold with a killer grey dial.
You may remember this watch from 2013, when Lange released the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Handwerkskunst, a beautifully crafted timepiece with hand-engraved dial, and even earlier when the watch was shown in simple platinum and rose gold. The piece was impressive both in technological terms and craftsmanship, and even charm, keeping the amazing tourbillon hidden on the case back. The watch has always been the quiet sleeper – in fact the most expensive serially produced watch by Lange, so this addition in white gold is welcomed.
The watch still uses the the hand-finished L082.1 automatic movement and the tourbillon is visible through the sapphire crystal case back. It is claimed that the perpetual calendar mechanism is designed so that it only needs to be advanced by one day in the year 2100. The moon phase (displayed in the subsidiary dial at 7 o’clock) will only need to be advanced in 122.6 years, which is damn impressive if you ask me. The dial displays the (retrograde) day, month, hour and minute, oversized date, constant seconds, and moon phase. It very much looks like a normal Lange 1, though it's anything but.
This watch was insanely badass before but now it has gone up a notch due to the use of understated white gold and that beautiful grey dial. Price at launch is €315,900 and we'll be back with live pics soon. For more information on A. Lange & Söhne you can visit their website here.
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