George Gently
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Not an easy task
Between these two however I'd go for the Saxonia Mondphase. If I would take an 1815 in this price category (€ 20.000 - € 30.000) I'd go for the 1815 time only. This breathes A. Lange & Söhne from every pore, so to speak, without the dial cluttering two subdials. An 1815 Chronograpph is of course another ballgame, another league wikth another pricetag.
The Saxonia Mondphase is an extremely goodlooking watch, has a nice excecuted moon phase complication and the Lange defining Big Date. And as @Reuven Malter already said, excellent price-performance ratio.
Have fun with choosing The One...
Regards,
George.
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First Lange: 1815 up/down or saxonia moonphase
White gold version; i am a fan of PR indicators and manual winds... however I really like the big date and moonphase complications of Lange (don’t own any big date or moonphase watches).... my grail would be dataogtaph up/down.... but that will be awhile....
If its a while go with saxonia
Someday you will be blessed with 1815 chrono or Datograph Chrono
Unless it's an 1815 chrono, I'd go with a Saxonia
The big date and moonphase look amazing together, a very balanced design.
Both are great
I think either watch would ultimately complement the Datograph well. I happen to prefer the 1815 up/down to the Saxonia as a dress watch (I own the rose gold version and wear it regularly), but it’s a very personal decision, and they are both great watche...
1815 is visually more interesting, Sax is the way better bang for the buck.
Id probably go with the Saxonia. Really tough choice you have there..
Not an easy task
Between these two however I'd go for the Saxonia Mondphase. If I would take an 1815 in this price category (€ 20.000 - € 30.000) I'd go for the 1815 time only. This breathes A. Lange & Söhne from every pore, so to speak, without the dial cluttering tw...
Beware of the 1815 and down!
It takes more than 150 turns of the crown to fully wind the watch. I found this our the hard way and sold my up and down after a month of ownership. The watch kept remarkably accurate time compared to all my previous Lange watches.
Odd
Mine doesn’t require nearly that many turns to fully wind. That doesn’t sound normal. I find it to be a beautiful winding function - the perfect click, in my opinion. I actually prefer the winding over my PP and VC manual winds.
I am quite amazed
because I purposely tried winding another Up and Down on display at a shop and I still had the same problem, Oh well, I am glad yours has been great!
I chose the 1815 Up / Down
The Saxonia Moonphase is fantastic, but I thought the dimensions of 40mm made it wear a bit too large for a dress watch.
Maybe neither -- maybe wait until you can afford the Dato Up/Down. It depends...
... upon your buying preferences and other factors. If you bought an 1815 U/D or Saxonia MP first, are you planning to sell it to be able to buy the Dato U/D? Or would you keep both watches (the first purchase plus the Dato U/D)? How long would you have t...
Thank you guys so much for your feedback!
More background: I would most likely buy preowned, I don’t own any watches smaller than 42mm, I feel one day that I will buy an 1815 Chrono at the very least. In that sense, I think the Saxonia complements the 1815 chrono better? Which watch can be dresse...
A matter of taste
Both watches are on the pretty dressy side - each is <10mm thick and has a conservative dial. I find my rose gold 1815 up down difficult to dress down, so I mostly wear it to work (with a suit). But the white gold should be less dressy and make the watch ...
Hmm, methinks your "normal" range of buying watches may be about to change since you've named just about every Lange family!
1815, Datograph, Saxonia ... next you'll need a Lange ! It's great that you'll likely buy preowned. That's the only way to go since "value/bank for buck" is important to you. I think any Lange can be worn informally, but you're right that RG/black dial is...
Tony..... I knew I have seen All of these on your wrist 😀
Amazing collection. Which one was your first? 😀
I was in your position 3 weeks ago.
I finally chose the 1815 up down in white gold. In fact I wasnt at all thinking about the saxonia moonphase but the AD proposed it to me. It was the rose gold version with black dial which looks absolutely mesmerizing on pictures. In all honesty it didnt ...