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Jul 13, 2023,21:21 PM
Patrick, thanks for this wonderful review!
Pricing for this 1815 Rattrapante PC (421.056FE) is 319,000 USD, and pricing for the platinum Lange 1 Timezone (136.025) is 74,000 USD.
Also, Lange never uses "salmon" -- only "pink gold." That's why you never see "salmon" in any Lange communications. Perhaps they want us to remember that it's not some expensive piece of fish on our wrists!
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NEW RELEASE: Lange 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar
By: patrick_y : July 13th, 2023-17:09
Lange, the brand we all can't help to stop liking, has done it again. Unfortunately, the iteration with the salmon dial and white gold case will be limited to 100 pieces. They simply can't make that many of them - a single watchmaker can only complete sin...
A stud indeed!
By: patrick_y : July 13th, 2023-17:31
Probably costs as much as a "sample" from a typical famous stud race horse too!
Hmm! I didn't notice it.
By: patrick_y : July 13th, 2023-21:08
It doesn't bother me. But thank you and your razor sharp eyes for pointing that out.
Agree
By: Gelato Monster : July 14th, 2023-03:40
I'm sure their design team did several iterations of the dial...
By: patrick_y : July 14th, 2023-19:23
The design team definitely made several mock ups of the dial and with different cut off styles. And then evaluated which one looked best in their eyes. They also have prescribed internal policies on the cutoffs too - not all of these rules are set in ston...
I'm pretty sure the design team knows what they're doing...
By: patrick_y : July 15th, 2023-18:47
I'm confident that the design team considered enough variants and they know what we're doing. In a court of law, they're probably considered "watch design expert witnesses." And in a court of law, we might not be considered "expert witnesses." We may have...
True! It isn't easy to "style" this with clothes...
By: patrick_y : July 13th, 2023-21:08
I ordered the Chopard with the salmon dial and I'm still wondering what color clothes I'm going to wear with it. I've got so many blue dialed watches but at least those I don't worry about from a styling perspective.
Thick
By: mdg : July 13th, 2023-23:19
Yes. Quite thick!
By: patrick_y : July 14th, 2023-19:21
Lange watches are often thicker due to their German architecture. The 3/4 plate alone adds almost a mm in height on the movement. But the design adds a lot of rigidity which translates to accuracy.
Pricing...
By: CR : July 13th, 2023-21:21
Patrick, thanks for this wonderful review! Pricing for this 1815 Rattrapante PC (421.056FE) is 319,000 USD, and pricing for the platinum Lange 1 Timezone (136.025) is 74,000 USD. Also, Lange never uses "salmon" -- only "pink gold." That's why you never se...
Ahh, thank you CR!
By: patrick_y : July 14th, 2023-18:01
Expensive fish is definitely well appreciated in some cultures! And I definitely enjoy eating fish! Salmon is healthy and usually tasty! But yes, you're right. The word salmon has been avoided by Lange for a very long time! I once met a young kid of a wat...
Beautiful watch
By: Azizu : July 13th, 2023-23:00
But the price point seems to be really high. USD 319,000!!!
It's reasonably fair actually...
By: patrick_y : July 14th, 2023-19:18
That's what any other high end brand would charge for this kind of a watch. Maybe even slightly more than that actually. When you're paying $200K for a perpetual calendar chronograph with a non rattrapante, this is what I'd expect to be charged for a ratt...
You're welcome Darrony!
By: patrick_y : July 15th, 2023-20:17
I'm not sure if the spring is photoshopped out of the first image of the movement. It's definitely visible in the second movement photo. Next time I see Timo at Lange, I'll have to ask him if my guess about the spring was correct. The $320K is consistent ...