The purpose of this report is not to go very deeply into details, I will have the opportunity to come back to the 2014 collection later this year. In the meantime, please find my first feelings and thoughts about these novelties.
As you know, the Richard Lange Perpetual Calender "Terraluna" is the star of the 2014 collection. Star is the right word since its celestial disk is sprinked with thousands of stars (more than two thousands if I remember well).
This watch belonging to the Richard Lange collection, it is focused on accuracy. It is the reason why its large power reserve (14 days) is accompanied with a constant force escapement to control the energy delivered by the twin mainspring barrels. The dial lay-out is, like the Richard Lange Tourbillon, inspired by the Seyffert pocket watch. A regulator dial needs time to get used with it, even more when there is also PC data on it. I will be frank with you: at the beginning the dial is quite disturbing but I could quickly appreciate its originality and the discretion of the power reserve indicator.
The watch is large (45,5mm) and thick (16,5mm) but there are reasons behind these dimensions. The twin barrels are one, the size of the celestial disk is another one. Because, for the first time with a Lange watch, there is a display on the back of the watch. And what a display!
We are not talking here about a mere moonphase display.
The moonphase display of the Richard Lange PC "Terraluna" is accurate (a deviation of 1 day every 1058 years) but it is also an orbital display with a nigh/day indicator and a rough indicator of the 24 timezones. It is the first time a Lange watch reaches this monphase accuracy in a context of the complex watch because the 1815 Emil Lange or the Homage to F.A.Lange didn't have additional complications.
The question is: if there is a night/day indicator, where is the sun? The balance wheel plays the role of the sun! It is a true symbol since the sun gives life... like the balance wheel in a sense!
The celestial disk is so large, so beautifu that I would have preferred to wear the watch upside down!
The dial of the Richard Lange PC "Terraluna":