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A visit to the Parisian boutique: L1 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst and Langematik perp.

Hello everyone,

I've been able to try the Lange 1 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst (20 pieces) lately together with the new WG Langematik Perpetual.

I saw them only on pics until then, thought they were nice but didn't know if they would look good in the metal. I really was underestimating my future pleasure.

I'm not a fan of the other Lange 1 limited editions made for the 20th anniversary or even the standard Lange 1 line but this is a pure matter of taste and very subjective of course.

For the Lange 1 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst (38.5 x 10.5 mm), I was really amazed at first by the black enamel dial (on a white gold dial plate); it is maybe unique in ALS's collection (?).

But I also loved something I didn't notice on pictures: the way the markings are made on this dial.

In fact, they are not markings but it is a kind of metallic letters which are "sunk" into the enamel material. It is trully beautiful in the real and quite unique from any other dials I've seen (the markings are often "printed" on such a dial).

I would love to see this kind of dial finish in a more affordable Lange (it could have been used for the 1815 200th for instance, it would have been fantastic).

Beside this great L1, there was the Langematik in WG: I thought, at first from the photos, that it was nice and changed from the silvery and rodhied usual dials but I must say I had doubt from pictures about its real beauty and about the blue MP disk + black dial combination.

The result is that, in the real, it looks fantastic: a little modern but very elegant too with just enough shine from the numerals and hands. It has become my favorite among the Langematik perpetual models, by far.