An update on a modern day classic from A.Lange & Sohne now: their gorgeous Datograph model.
Now called the Datograph AUF/AB (up/down).
The original Datograph was named after conjoining the words ‘date’ (it’s got a big date indicator) and ‘chronograph’ (it’s got one of those too). Those features remain of course – the big date is lovely!
An additional feature for this model though is a power reserve meter – the auf/ab feature if you prefer.
Head near the ‘ab’ end and it’s time to get winding the Caliber L.951.6 movement! You do get 60 hours of power reserve for your winding efforts though – more than the original model.
The movement has 46 jewels (451 parts) and beats at a reasonably leisurely 18,000 vph. It is decorated and assembled by hand, precision adjusted to five positions, plates and bridges are made of German silver and the balance cock is hand engraved.
This latest version has grown a couple of mm to 41mm, in a platinum case. Personally, I prefer that size and you can never go wrong with a platinum watch (except for when it comes time to pay for one!).
There are front and rear sapphire crystals and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
The blue-grey strap is crocodile with a platinum buckle.
Out some time in 2012 if you can find (and afford) one.
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Fans of A. Lange & Söhne and books with lots of pictures should enjoy this one.
If only the state of the World’s economy could be judged by the number of new watch boutiques opening recently.
It may be the best-known watch auction benefiting a children’s charity, but ‘
[Press Release] Ludwig van Beethoven’s prodigious reputation is due in large measure to his Symphony No. 5 with its four-note fanfare opening.
[Press Release] For anyone who travels frequently or who often needs to communicate with people elsewhere in the world, the display of a second time zone is a truly useful complication. Ever since 1884, when the world was divided into 24 time zones at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, crossing from one zone into another was a potential source of confusion.
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