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(press release) The LANGE 1 for Night Owls
The LANGE 1 for Night Owls
From the very beginning, the LANGE 1 was a bold statement against conformism and
Saxony’s answer to stylistic uniformity in watch design. That’s what made it so
successful around the world. Now, in a stately white-gold case with luminous hands
and appliques, it presents itself in a new livery: radiant, sleek, and distinctive.
No other watch played a more prominent role in the revival of the A. Lange & Söhne
brand than the LANGE 1. And since it was launched nearly 15 years ago, it has lost
none of its original charisma. Right from the start, it projected an unmistakable personality.
And in an inimitable way, it melded tradition, progress, and superb quality. The
LANGE 1 thus became the symbol for the rebirth of a marque that has always stood for
exclusive timekeeping instruments: A. Lange & Söhne. With a bright argenté dial and a
striking white-gold case, the design icon now reveals new, gleaming facets.
Even after nightfall, this watch beams with its luminous, Superluminova-coated rhodiumed
gold hands and appliques on the off-centre time and power reserve dials. So
apart from the time of day, the new beacon from Saxony also vividly delivers the time of
night between sunset and sunrise.
The new member of the probably most acclaimed watch family in the world is also
powered by the eminent calibre L901.0 movement. From the horological perspective, it
features fascinating details that watch connoisseurs the world over associate with the
A. Lange & Söhne brand as the hallmark for quality "Made in Germany": the typical
three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver, screwed gold chatons, the twin
mainspring barrel with a power reserve of more than three days, the patented, highly
intricate whiplash precision index adjuster on a hand-engraved balance cock, and the
ingenious outsize date display that in the 1990s prompted an entire industry to rethink
the fundamental concepts of the dial. To emphasise its temperament, the LANGE 1 in
the white-gold case has a black crocodile strap with a white seam and a Lange prong
buckle in solid white gold.
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Data sheet LANGE 1
Movement
Lange manufacture calibre L901.0, manually wound, crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards and largely decorated and assembled by hand; precision-adjusted in five positions; twin mainspring barrel; plates and bridges made of untreated German silver; balance cock engraved by hand
Number of parts
365
Jewels
53
Screwed gold chatons
9
Escapement
Lever escapement
Oscillation system
Shock-resistant glucydur screw balance, Nivarox balance spring, frequency 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour, whiplash precision index adjuster and patented beat adjustment system
Power reserve
More than 72 hours when fully wound
Functions
Time display in hours, minutes, small seconds hand with stop seconds, patented outsize date, power-reserve indicator
Operating elements
Crown for winding the watch and setting the time, date correction push piece
Case
38.5 x 10 millimetres, 18-carat white gold
Movement
size 30.4 x 5.9 millimetres
Glass and caseback
Antireflection-coated sapphire crystal (hardness 9)
Dial Solid silver, argenté, appliques in rhodiumed gold, luminous
Hands
Rhodiumed gold, luminous
Strap
Hand stitched crocodile strap with precious-metal Lange prong buckle in solid white gold
