A. Lange & Söhne

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Moonphase as in Saxonia moonphase? Love it

Speaking of complications, here's my wish list:

1. Time only (similar to Saxonia automatic). For those of us who love the Explorer, or pilot/field watches (think the dirty dozen, mark 18), this will be so sweet

2. Central sweeping seconds (found in Richard Lange). I would love to see this. Currently the Richard Lange is my favorite watch (more than the Explorer, working on convincing the wife right now). That watch is the ultimate understated elegance. What is the most understated complication? It's not the power reserve, but the sweeping central seconds. I've played with this in the AD more than a few times. That large seconds seems to be able to slow time, by drawing your eyes to catch the needle hitting every 1/6th of a second. I've viewed this watch next to a grand seiko. The level of detail is like going from standard def to hi def tv. Imagine this in that lumed robust steel case. And please keep it manual.

3. Chronograph. This is gonna be super interesting. If they repurpose the datograph that'll be ...ok. But is it possible they gonna do new chronograph movement? How to preserve that almost pornographic back? Perhaps with a Vacheron style peripheral rotor? Anyway this is gonna be a killer. If I was Wilhelm the CEO, I would ask Anthony de Haas to do a central second and minute chronograph similar to the Sinn Ezm1, with a back similar to the 1815 Walter lange. The back of Walter lange despite being complex, feels extremely tidy and controlled compared to the datograph, with more unobstructed view of the quarter plate (wrong term here?). Another good example of this is the Lang and Heyne chronograph.

4. Perpetual Calendar. Unlike many of the people out there, I'm a big fan of the Patek 5320g. I think it's one of the most beautiful modern Patek. It's got that military inspired look, thus super masculine, while still being refined and elegant via that complex case. It is also infinitely better than the 5270s in that it is extremely focused with that singular complication. The downside is its masculinity only reach 30meters deep. I think with a slight update of the langematik, the Odysseus Perpetual could achieve all of this with even more clarity and focus through the signature oversized date. (I guess my point here is perpetual calendars can be masculine and useful and I love that 5320g)

Man I'm so excited to see what the Odysseus line looks like in 2030. Perhaps I will post again in 10 years.

Frank

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