A. Lange & Söhne

It must be confessed, the unveiling at the last SIHH of the annual calendar as a new complication within the Lange & Söhne 1815 collection was not a surprise. There were many observers who were expecting it. With this addition, the manufacture from Sa...  

To answer to your question, I prefer the Saxonia annual calendar. First, you have the Lange big date which is really significant in my opinion and so... Lange. Then, its readability is better than the one of the 1815 for me. To end, its dial is more sober... 

I forgot to mention that the "Annual Calendar" writing has not interest for me (just to counterbalance the sub dial at 9). Best wishes Alkiro

Best wishes Alkiro

With its big date for readability and Lange signature. Also, I find the "annual calendar" writing on the 1858 a bit distracting.

Thanks for the review fx.. somehow I find the area in the 2-4-8-10 zone way too busy.. perhaps the als logo could be written horizontally for this model.. The owner also doesn't need to be reminder this is an annual calendar.. in my opinion a 24hr indicat... 

It's a bit surprising Lange didn't think of this.

I don't know which I would choose between the two Lange ACs. I think I prefer the 1815 aesthetic, but I do not like the "Annual Calendar" wording in the right sub-dial; and the big date is certainly a selling point for the Saxonia.

What I like, a lot, about this piece is the date correction with the pusher at two o'clock: you can advance the data in one increments of all dates, if the watch has stopped and the corrections are not too many to do. But this should not happen too often ... 

I think they should have included a power reserve indicator since this is a manual wind watch with annual calendar complication. The Saxonia Annual Calendar seems like it might be easier to live with (since you can just throw in on the winder when you are... 

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I am partial to the 1815 calendar to the Saxonia for the following reasons: - prefer the manual movement with quick reset and 72 power reserve to Saxonia's automatic - although more difficult to read the dial has life compared to the more legible but subd... 

The WG version. Nice watch but for me, it's hard to read the date. But it's a very well balance dial though

The arrangement of the dials is more harmonious - Saxonia suffers for me from the same problem that Lange 1 does - empty space on the dial.

One big flaw for me which I only saw in person - the larger case makes the small sub dials too spaced apart. I wouldn't mind the 'Annual Calendar' typography nor the small font on the calendar indicators, but the spacing is really distracting. I think I g... 

I was wanting a 1815 as I so much in love with the pocket watch nature of the series. It’s like you a buying a mechanical watch and the pocket watch style should be in the collection The next question to me was to have a 1815 that suits everyday wearabili... 

“Sports Car” wording on the car body of a Ferrari or “Limousine” wording on a Bentley next to their respective logos. Wished they remove it.

It would be even better to be a day night indicator/ power reserve.