The locals seem bent on establishing your watch is not genuine
I am far from an authority on AL&S, it sure looks authentic in your photos.
Lange is discreet luxury no doubt, but I’m surprised they will custom make, maybe they do....
movement shots for your nice collection will perhaps clear the questions. Looks great, in this combination, congrats. Rgds Raymond
This movement shot....can be a generic one not necessary from the same watch but...
Anyway, only you know, since it’s piece unique 😉
The title could have been more crystal clear and truthfully honest without any slightest insinuation whatsoever
"Unique Piece L'Artisan de Geneve" title with story/description of the Lange movement, etc etc." Even L'Artisan de Geneve clearly disclaim and disconnect by saying no sponsorship/association/relationship in anyway with any brand. Their model always clearl...
You're not (completely) wrong... 😉
It's ondées a genuine A. Lange & Söhne 235.032, customised in red gold, with a new dial (inspired from the 730.048F) which looks more than genuine (and took more than one year in the making) and hands in red gold. And, it is, until now, the only one of it...
Wow!
Amazing dial! Despite not being “original”, it’s indeed extremely attractive in its originality All the best, Niall
The beauty of PuristSPro!! Wow, a Frankenlange. Who could wear such a thing?
Credit to the OP, you did fool me... as I said, I am far from an expert on this brand. I don't understand why you post the photo with the title you did. Instead of impressing people with a "unique piece from Lange & Sohne", you now lose all credibility. Y...
The piece is really unique, and is actually from (but not made by) Lange
So the title of my post wasn't dishonest at all 😉 and its goal WAS NOT, of course, to fool anybody: Lange doesn't make any unique piece (I believe quite everybody knows it). Its purpose was only to present you this "Frankenlange" 😂 made by "Les Artisans d...
I have seen (and had on my wrist) a unique piece made by Lange...
and I think there are others too... like the one being auctioned off this month by Philips. Its very very nice indeed, not sure about the after market dial... but if you enjoy it then thats all that matters! Cheers Andrew
To close the debate (from my point of view)
While writing this post, I didn't want to con anyone (which would have been the case if I've tried to sell the watch). I just wanted to see the community's reactions and pay tribute to the remarkable work of "Les Artisans de Genève" on this watch. If you ...
Nothing wrong with you. It's just in purists community there are two camps of thoughts:
Aftermarket or not, this is a question. I'm in the camp of no aftermarket but don't see anything wrong there. Especially now Biver has pushed Zenith, Tag etc. to that direction. Again, I don't like it as much as I dislike Biver, but other opinions shall b...
I guess I overreacted when I saw this post, damn collecting watches can be an emotional thing 😬 no offense intended either to Winfizz
Quite a relief to see that Lange did not make this unique piece, because today watch brands can really pull stunts, so I almost thought it to be real.
Looks nice. I am very curious about how Lange reacted to this (or how you think Lange will react when it needs servicing)...
If you send this watch to Lange, will Lange actually service it? Or will Lange refuse to touch the watch because of the aftermarket dial modification? Or -- even more extreme -- does Lange have any right to replace this dial without your permission, since...
IMHO it is not better as cheap chinese fake... Even it it looks pretty good
With all respect to Artisan and their craftmanship they should not put Lange name on the dial, because it is absolutely NOT Lange. Even if it looks like )) You can make your own dial of course - and sign it with your name or AdG. But this is the topic for...
You should look at this dial and compare it to mine...
It is the same (except the tourbillon)... ...
When you get the chance, would you mind responding to my questions above? I'm very curious!
Thanks again for posting this!
Not the same
Because was made not by Lange (SUG, Centror etc) It is like I will sign my drawings with Monet signature... Even if my are also good ))) WBR Serge
That's a way to see things...
But can some expert be misled by your drawings and say that they could have been actually painted by Monet? 😂
Ah, that's unfortunate. I would be concerned...
... about sending the watch to Lange for servicing with the aftermarket dial. I wonder if Lange could keep or destroy the aftermarket dial, since Lange's name was used on it without their authorization. Also, I don't know anything about the laws of Switze...