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A. Lange & Söhne 1815 ‘Homage to Walter Lange’
With the dust finally settled at the Palexpo post-SIHH 2018, it is time to take a more detailed look at the timepieces that have made their debut. Never failing to impress at SIHH is A. Lange & Söhne. The illustrious Saxon manufacture had presented several novelties at the fair this year, one of which was the 1815 ‘Homage to Walter Lange’. The 1815 ‘Homage to Walter Lange’ was conceived in memory of Walter Lange, the spiritual figurehead of the brand since its revival in 1990 who sadly passed away on the second day of SIHH last year at the age of 93. More than just a tribute piece, the watch also features an atypical, but interesting complication. Here, we bring you the details and our thoughts surrounding the all-important 1815 ‘Homage to Walter Lange’.
Walter Lange, photographed in Glashütte, circa 2010.
The case, dial, and hands
The 1815 ‘Homage to Walter Lange’ comes in a case measuring 40.5 mm in diameter and 11.0 mm in thickness. Four different case materials will be offered: pink gold, white gold, yellow gold, and a piece unique stainless steel. The case is stock standard Lange, which is to say that it is austere in design but very handsomely finished. While the bezel and lugs are polished to a bright sheen, the case band is brushed for a nice contrast. Apart from the crown at the usual 3 o’clock spot, there is also a pusher at 2 o’clock on the flank of the case.
The 1815 ‘Homage to Walter Lange’ comes in a standard casing of either pink, yellow or white gold. A piece unique in stainless steel will only be available through auction where proceeds go to charity.
Moving on to the dial, one can easily recognise that the watch is an 1815 model, with its inky Arabic numerals and railway-style minutes track. These dial design elements are inspired from old pocket watches created by Ferdinand Adolph Lange, the brand’s founder. The dials in each version of the watch are made of solid silver. In the gold variants, the dials are argenté-coloured while in the special stainless steel edition, it is black enamelled. All the hands in the gold pieces – the hour, minute, central seconds and subsidiary seconds hands – are evenly flame-blued. They bring an energetic pop of colour to the clean silver dial and really stand out.
The inky black Arabic numerals and railway track minute scale are tell tale signs of a Lange timepiece from the 1815 family.
By now, you should be wondering why there are two seconds hands (if you haven’t already seen the watch). The two seconds hands don’t exactly function the same way. The one in the sub-dial at 6 o’clock moves in a sweeping motion, making 6 small steps as it advances from marker to marker; this is the hallmark of mechanical timepieces in general. On the other hand (pun not intended), the central seconds hand performs precise jumps from second […]
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