How about a shock - a quartz Lange?
While browsing watches I came across something of a true oddity today - a bona fide 1975 A Lange Pforzheim vormals Glashütte LCD quartz watch. Not much of an expert on vintage quartz I have no idea who supplied the movement but it makes for a real surpris...
Several mechanical pieces were available as well during the time period...
Unfortunately ALS doesn’t provide any service for them. But as the movements were not in-house, a good watch maker should be able to work on them. No German Silver on the bridges either, making it simpler
Quartz Lange
Walter Lange ran a watch distributor in Pforzeim between 1951 and 1987 and this was one of the models from that period. As far as I know, this and the Zeitwerk are the only two digital display watch models ever produced under the Lange name. I think the c...
Thanks for the detail, Tickingway!
Would you know if any production numbers of Lange branded watches from the period?
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This is the first time i see such a Lange quartz watch. But i think quartz is not bad if a good watch company produce awsome quartz watches like the Longines Conquest VHP. This watch is not mented as a cheap way to buy a watch, but technology matters the ...
You are right of course...
Not everyone might like them but not all quartz watches are in the US$25 league and they are certainly not all born equal
