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First of all I would like to thank you (Fr.Xavier) ...
Apr 02, 2013,01:09 AM
for your comprehensive comparison which also offers some food for thought.
I understand that you didn´t have proper pictures from the Lange PT version, but maybe the comparison would have been slighty different in result - at least in some points.
FX, I hope you don´t mind if I add some of my pictures and thoughts.
The watches look quite big on your wrist, at least on the pictures. I don´t have pictures of the Lange, but from the PP.
For comparison, two different wrists - Magnus & me:
Both watches are impressive because of the amount of complications shown.
One is a beauty form the first sight, just because almost any detail is known from classical pocket watches. Maybe that´s why it looks so good - even without wrist.
One is the latest evolution of something they did before. It shows a product (in general) we know from them quite well, it shows improvements (already mentioned by FX) and maybe for some it shows new, uncommon or shall I say weird details; e.g. bold indexes and hands, position of the moon phase. The latter examples could be a reason that not everybody likes it from the beginning. It probably needs some time on your wrist and personal experiences to appreciate it, or not.
Both watches share (almost) the same complications, but represent different houses with (very) different approaches of watchmaking. Both watches are created like a business case and I guess a successful one.
Both watches don´t represent the pinnacle of watchmaking, because we have seen something complicated like this in a more sophisticated way before, haven´t we?
I could imagine both watches on my wrist, but would not spend my own money on them. Why?
Well, if we already talk about that amount of money I would go one (or two
) step(s) further and try to get the "real thing". Something that is more pleasant/comfortable on my wrist and closer to the pinnacle of watchmaking. Sticking to the same kind of complications, there is nothing on offer from Lange. If we look to the current collection from Patek, the Ref. 5951 comes to my mind ...
Lange - they impressed me quite often with their solutions (by design & technic) - in the past. It was and still is refreshing to see outstanding watches like the Lange 1, the ALS PLM, the DS, the Zeitwerk and others. They are still outstanding and promising. Today we see more offerings which feel like they stick to the past and they miss to make me hungry for more. The problem I see is not the quality (in general) or something like this, it is just their vision looks less promising than before.
Anyway, it is great to have discussions like this about products on that high level and maybe some of us are very happy and can follow their hearts ...
Oliver