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I've actually worn the platinum version at length...

 

An amazing watch, just incredible. Fantastic piece.  It does wear comfortably, but not with a French cuff in my experience. I haven't tried the white gold, which I understand is a tiny bit thinner. I do like the thinness of the Bulgari, but the problem is the service experience. Will they polish it well? Will they scratch my movement? I try to factor in all of this before I buy a watch.  In my current phase of collecting, I really value working directly with artisans.  Being able to work directly with Roland Iten and have him personally oversee the long term maintenance of my belt buckles is a pleasure.  Handing a watch to a specialist watchmaker or an independent watchmaker whom I trust would be another pleasure.  Owning a simple Lange watch would be a pleasure to own since the servicing can be done by Alkis in New York City, whom is an incredible person who's very careful and has sound judgment and understands my movement tuning preferences and maintenance priorities.  I really want that 40mm 1815 in white gold! 

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Lange & Sohne Richard Lange Pour le Mérite White Gold ( 2016 ).

 
By: amanico : September 6th, 2020-02:34
After the rose gold and platinum versions in 2009, Lange unveiled the white gold edition of the RL PLM. Same case, which is 40, 5 mm big and 10, 5 mm high, but in white gold, this time, with ( and it is for me the only flaw of this watch ) a dial which is...  

Yes! Love it but it should have been enamel

 
By: blau : September 6th, 2020-04:10
Not just that enamel is appropriate for the kind of watch this is, but that they'd already set the standard for it with the original white dial version of the watch. Made this one feel lesser.

Thank you for the great shots.

 
By: Metachronous : September 6th, 2020-05:25
I’m currently obsessed with this watch! While I won’t dispute the proposition that a black enamel dial would have been a wonderful execution, I very much appreciate the blackened silver dial, as, in my view, it adds to the understated charm of the watch. ... 

I like the enamel dial and the black date disk.

 
By: Nicetomeetyou : November 5th, 2020-12:05
Though I feel that moving the seconds sub-dial location upsets the balance of the original Lange One design. Beautiful watch on it’s own merit though.

A stealth watch in every sense of the word frérot. I see your point about a black enamel dial and I would agree to some point although I also understand why Lange made it this way...

 
By: holdemchamp1225 : September 6th, 2020-07:59
Either way, it is a beauty and wears exceptionally well. You never have to worry about someone targeting you and trying to chop your wrist off to steal your watch 😁😉 Still does not change my desire and hunt for the platinum model with white enamel dial as... 

Give me the rose gold version with enamel dial!

 
By: patrick_y : September 6th, 2020-11:46
The platinum one with only 50 copies is too hard to find. But the rose gold one is much easier to find! That three-part enamel dial is amazing! The biggest problem is the thickness of the watch; these Langes are just too thick for French cuffed shirts!

I've actually worn the platinum version at length...

 
By: patrick_y : September 6th, 2020-13:44
An amazing watch, just incredible. Fantastic piece. It does wear comfortably, but not with a French cuff in my experience. I haven't tried the white gold, which I understand is a tiny bit thinner. I do like the thinness of the Bulgari, but the problem is ... 

Not saying for you to purchase a Bvlgari, just wanted to say this PLM is not as thin BUT it is not thick either. It is actually just as if not more thin than most of my other watches 🤷‍♂️..

 
By: holdemchamp1225 : September 6th, 2020-14:07
As for French cuffs, I guess it just depends on how tight you have the cuffs. If I wanted to wear a thinner watch, I could simply choose another from my collection so this PLM does not have to be an ALL in one watch for me. Hope that makes sense 😉

I agree with your comment just like (almost) all about the enamel but...

 
By: Mike H : September 6th, 2020-12:00
...at the end it still is a superb piece and I vote for it Moreover your pics are excellent no doubt but having the piece in the hand gives a different feeling of a gorgeous understated piece and not only a simple nomal beautiful ALS imho...