NEW RELEASE: Lange 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar
Lange, the brand we all can't help to stop liking, has done it again. Unfortunately, the iteration with the salmon dial and white gold case will be limited to 100 pieces. They simply can't make that many of them - a single watchmaker can only complete sin...
A stud indeed!
Probably costs as much as a "sample" from a typical famous stud race horse too!
Hmm! I didn't notice it.
It doesn't bother me. But thank you and your razor sharp eyes for pointing that out.
That cut off "1" in "11" will drive some people crazy!
Looks like that's the only number to get the axe.
It doesn't bother me. They wanted nothing to get too close to the edge of that subdial.
Which is the correct choice in my eyes.
I'm sure their design team did several iterations of the dial...
The design team definitely made several mock ups of the dial and with different cut off styles. And then evaluated which one looked best in their eyes. They also have prescribed internal policies on the cutoffs too - not all of these rules are set in ston...
You would think by simply downsizing the font you could have avoided the cut-off 11 - move the 1 up and to the left a bit and you’re done.
Does make you wonder why this is so difficult. It’s not the first watch with four registers/subdials on horizontal and vertical axis. Interesting.
I'm pretty sure the design team knows what they're doing...
I'm confident that the design team considered enough variants and they know what we're doing. In a court of law, they're probably considered "watch design expert witnesses." And in a court of law, we might not be considered "expert witnesses." We may have...
Getting a bit tired of salmon and white metal...
...and unless you're an NFL lineman, it will be difficult to pull this off on a normal wrist...
True! It isn't easy to "style" this with clothes...
I ordered the Chopard with the salmon dial and I'm still wondering what color clothes I'm going to wear with it. I've got so many blue dialed watches but at least those I don't worry about from a styling perspective.
Good call on the Chopard order!
I wanna see that model in person sometime and do a side-by-side with the OG version.
Yes. Quite thick!
Lange watches are often thicker due to their German architecture. The 3/4 plate alone adds almost a mm in height on the movement. But the design adds a lot of rigidity which translates to accuracy.
Pricing...
Patrick, thanks for this wonderful review! Pricing for this 1815 Rattrapante PC (421.056FE) is 319,000 USD, and pricing for the platinum Lange 1 Timezone (136.025) is 74,000 USD. Also, Lange never uses "salmon" -- only "pink gold." That's why you never se...
Ahh, thank you CR!
Expensive fish is definitely well appreciated in some cultures! And I definitely enjoy eating fish! Salmon is healthy and usually tasty! But yes, you're right. The word salmon has been avoided by Lange for a very long time! I once met a young kid of a wat...
It's reasonably fair actually...
That's what any other high end brand would charge for this kind of a watch. Maybe even slightly more than that actually. When you're paying $200K for a perpetual calendar chronograph with a non rattrapante, this is what I'd expect to be charged for a ratt...
Thanks for this release write up Patrick!
Is the spring photoshopped out of the first image? $320 is steep but seems to be consistent with maximizing market pricing.
You're welcome Darrony!
I'm not sure if the spring is photoshopped out of the first image of the movement. It's definitely visible in the second movement photo. Next time I see Timo at Lange, I'll have to ask him if my guess about the spring was correct. The $320K is consistent ...