A. Lange & Söhne

Beautiful chronos at an AD. Was even offered a bit of a discount. Very tempting 🤔 ...  

isn't the new Lange strategy to only offer these 'complicated' pieces to established Lange boutique customers, after an 'application' process? Anyway, I digress. They are beautiful, especially the 1815. Simple bicompax dial with the same 3D mini-city of a... 

Prefer it without as well. I heard they are discontinuing the rose gold Dato.

the 1815 is very nice. I believe you can get the chronos from ALS boutiques without an additional purchase (may need to put a deposit down and wait for a while), but they will not discount chronos. I do own a some Langes and was wearing one when I went in... 

the 1815 is very nice. I believe you can get the chronos from ALS boutiques without an additional purchase (may need to put a deposit down and wait for a while), but they will not discount chronos. I do own a some Langes and was wearing one when I went in... 

The only Lange models that require a prior purchase are (1) the steel Odysseus Datomatic and (2) numbered limited edition pieces (and perhaps certain very complicated pieces). All other Lange models (Lange 1's, Saxonias, Datographs, 1815 Chronos, Zeitwerk... 

I was not totally clear on all of the details.

The details weren’t ironed out [this clearly] before

Model dial seems less busy without the pulse scale

Due to what I perceive to be a more attractive dial, as well as the slimmer case. Having said that, taste is a very subjective matter, and the Datograph is an icon worth getting.