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This is my dream chronograph

 

For my own commentary on this, I actually prefer this over the Dato. Despite the missing date, I feel it is balanced by the "flyback chronograph" font. (Although, almost all promotional pictures of this watch shows the hands at 10:10 or 2:50 which balances the dial. This 1815 may look unbalanced during times like 4:40, etc..)

It also allows for a slightly thinner case...from a movement point of view, I believe the datograph required quite a bit of space under the dial for the date mechanism, but has a fair bit of remaining empty space on the dialside. This allowed the Dato perpetual to even cram in a full perpetual cal module without significantly changing its thickness over the standard datograph.

Nevertheless, the datograph u/d has some nifty upgrades over the standard 1815 chronograph. Besides the power reserve and date indicator, the subtly upgraded chronograph levers would also contribute to the price premium over the 1815 calibre. Eiher way, the current generation L951 movements are all amazing to me..extended power reserve and new balance wheel? Yes please!

Given the choice, I'd take this boutique ed chrono over the standard 1815 chrono, as the dial layout and printing feels just the right amount of balance over the fairly simplified standard chrono (in my humble opinion)..

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Hands on review of the Lange & Söhne 1815 chronograph boutique edition

 
By: foversta : December 6th, 2015-03:43
The 1815 chronograph was first introduced in 2004 but stayed only three years in the Lange & Söhne catalog. This watch occupied a special place in the collection and was distinguished by its pulsometric scale, inclined flange and its staggered sub-dia...  

I've waited for this review for a long time....

 
By: Rhyzen : December 6th, 2015-04:22
.... And the wait was definitely worth it! I am in full agreement that the boutique edition is the perfect blend of the original and the remake. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will launch this combination in a regular edition.

Thanks Rhyzen!

 
By: foversta : December 8th, 2015-13:37
Do you mean with a 3 hands watch for example? Who knows? It could be great! Fx

The main issue for me is that, as you wrote it, the date is lacking...

 
By: amanico : December 6th, 2015-04:28
The date made the perfect triangle with the 2 subdials. I would have loved to see a 1815 Chrono with the 2 Subdials on a 3 / 9 line. Not under. If the subdials were " aligned ", in that case, the date would not miss. The distance with the Datograph would ... 

You got the VC for that solution....

 
By: 4Js : December 6th, 2015-05:27
I like this one as I am used to this look in Lange, lower sub dials, as the Emil reflects that look as well. I really like the blue use here. I don\'t disagree the date on a datograph makes that perfect triangle. That is why I would never not own a datogr... 

I would like to make two comments

 
By: foversta : December 8th, 2015-13:36
- first of all, due to a better balance, the off-centered position is less perceptible here than with the first version. - the 2 subdials on a 3/9 line would oblige to fully redesign a movement and it would be a different story... As an owner of the first... 

Excellent review.

 
By: TheMadDruid : December 6th, 2015-04:46
I love that the hour and minute hands have not been blued. It adds an extra level of contrast, over and above the blue markings against a sliver (which looks white) dial. I wouldn't think this would be outweighed by slightly less visibility-and anyway, it... 

Visibility is not an issue with Langes as the saphire is non reflective.

 
By: COUNT DE MONET : December 6th, 2015-06:45
Hands a la VC which show a dark and light surface would be certainly also an option for better legibility but I feel this design of hands is very calm, without any sharp breach in appearance of the overall watch. Best Moritz

Pro

 
By: Arie - Mr Orange : December 6th, 2015-09:41
Those hands are much more visible in dark than blues hands

Well... sure!

 
By: foversta : December 8th, 2015-13:23
But don't forget that all cats are grey in the dark! Fx

Excellent review and photos.

 
By: chuck19 : December 6th, 2015-18:17
I really love this version/model.. and totally agree with the Pros and Cons highlighted. I would still choose this even if the dial prints are black instead of blue. Cheers !

Thanks Chuck!

 
By: foversta : December 8th, 2015-13:22
With the dial prints in black, you have the first version! Fx

You can dive into that movement

 
By: jlc.thomsen : December 8th, 2015-14:31
Thanks for a great review foversta. I had the chance to see the movement with a magnifying glass last week as I spent a few hours at the Lange dealer. This movement is absolutely breathtaking in the sense that I felt my heart skipped a beat when I saw the... 

You're welcome!

 
By: foversta : December 11th, 2015-14:03
And the RG version of the first 1815 chronograph is a very tempty watch... with a lot of character! Thanks. Fx

Thank you for the great report Fx

 
By: Mark in Paris : December 8th, 2015-14:17
I was wondering if the blue printings were looking good but they seem so. I'm also gald this edition comes back in the catalogue. I like the current normal version but it is much more sober and I must say that this one is more exciting to me. Great move i... 

This is my dream chronograph

 
By: skyeriding : December 9th, 2015-23:46
For my own commentary on this, I actually prefer this over the Dato. Despite the missing date, I feel it is balanced by the "flyback chronograph" font. (Although, almost all promotional pictures of this watch shows the hands at 10:10 or 2:50 which balance... 

Great review

 
By: Ed Watches : December 11th, 2015-15:32
I loved this watch. Does it wear larger than your 5205?

Yes, definitively

 
By: foversta : December 11th, 2015-15:35
THe 5205 looks smaller than what it is actually due to the case shape. Looks more a 38mm watch. And this one, really looks like a 40mm watch. Thanks. Fx

Absolutely delicious with wonderful pictures

 
By: Horo_Traveler : December 14th, 2015-20:48
I love this incarnation. IMHO, Lange has been a bit heavy handed with this whole blued hands thing. I'm fine with seconds hands or chronograph sub-hands in blued steel, but I don't find thick blued hour and minute hands elegant in the least. Excellent leg... 

Thanks Horo_Traveler!

 
By: foversta : December 15th, 2015-12:08
I can understand your point, it is the reason why I don't like blued hands on the Saxonia Annual Calendar. Matter of taste. Fx

To those who own this beauty...

 
By: sanzaw : December 20th, 2015-23:23
First of all, many thanks Fx, for this excellent review! Now, to those who own this beauty, may I ask if the love affair is still going strong, or the enchantment is starting to wear off? The reason of my asking is that, I might be compelled to make a dep... 

love it!

 
By: cervantes77 : December 21st, 2015-09:15
I've owned the watch for a few weeks now (purchased in Dresden). I chose it over the current 1815 Chrono model and the previous version. I appreciate the bette proportions of the dial and the interplay between the blue accents and the off-white almost por... 

Thanks...

 
By: sanzaw : January 13th, 2016-22:38
I just got an e-mail from one of the boutiques that they'll have it by March. Can't wait!

Oh the agony of waiting...

 
By: sanzaw : January 15th, 2016-21:05
... where it almost had me yield with a Rose Gold model, which was also a very beautiful piece in its own right, but alas I resisted! ;-) So let's hope fate will be kind this few months, and not tempt me further with, oh I don't know, a platinum Lange 1 M...