Nah, mostly it's just sitting around smoking cigars and complaining about...

how these young whippersnappers are ruining such an iconic design, how this is portentous of the Lange company's going down the drain and generally reminiscing about the "good old days" - "Ah, by-goom... in my day there none of these Lange 1 Tourbillons. No, all we had was a basic Lange 1 stealth, none of this new-fangled moonphase business, and we were glad to have it. We had simple tastes and lived humbly and knew what values were; these kids today don't know they're born... yadda yadda yadda..." (the general conversational bent is very much the same as that at my other club TAPS - Troglodytes And Proud Society).

Burning real Lange 1 Tourbillons and Moonphases would be kind of expensive (we do have a picture of a Lange 1 Tourbillon stapled onto a dart board, though).

Regards,

Andrew.

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Appreciating the Lange 1 Tourbillon...

By: Jaw : November 3rd, 2002-08:08

The LANGE 1-TOURBILLON is imbued with this tradition. As the world?s first and only wristwatch with a tourbillon, outsize date, twin mainspring barrels for three days? power reserve and progressive power-reserve indication, it is a masterfully cut solitai...

That is one awesome watch!

By: Allen : November 3rd, 2002-04:16

I think size wise, the Lange 1 case looks great for a Tourbillon. Does anyone know what the dimensions are for the Pour Le Merite? Is it about the size of the 1815? It must be thicker than a 1815. Thanks for the pictures and article, Jaw!

Sorry, missed your questions...

By: Jaw : November 6th, 2002-12:24

hmmmm

By: alex : November 5th, 2002-11:11

Jaw, thank you for the beautiful scans. Unfortunately I can't warm up to this piece. I seem to keep repeating my self (I won't be offended if you tell me to shut up ) but the Lange 1 design should really not be meddled with. It is just so perfect that if ...

SPOLOD members everywhere unite!...

By: Saturn : November 5th, 2002-01:13

That'd be Society for the Protection of the Original Lange-One Design. Join now and get your "Down with the Lange-1 Moonphase" iron-on arm patch. Regards, Andrew.