Lange & Sohne Cabaret. The king of rectangular watches?
There are some stars in this category, such as the Cartier Tank, the Jaeger Lecoultre Reverso, and... The Patek 5100. But if we compare the movements, in terms of finishings, I only see two of them: The Cabaret and the 5100. Images borrowed on the net. I ...
A beautiful watch and one I used to love, but, the large date on watches that we really don't use the date much for anymore, seems kind of dated (pardon the pun) to me.
I get it. We don't really need a watch at all anymore, but it seems the date was much more useful a decade or so ago where today it's almost superfluous. For me, I used the date to write checks. Now I can't remember the last time I wrote a check.
Can't disagree!
My rose gold Cabaret is among my very favorite watches, Lange or otherwise, and I don't think any Tank, Gondolo, or Reverso variant I've seen matches/beats it for case complexity and movement finishing. So, so sad Lange gave up on it. ...