A. Lange & Söhne

When you lay eyes on the Lange Datograph, you are immediately hit by its presence, the sheer luxury and quality which makes it eminently superlative – superlative just like an officially certified Rolex chronometer. So what makes the Datograph superlative... 

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http://www.blancpain.ch/e/collections/leman/men/split_seconds_chrono/steel/2086f_1130m_71 Ref. 2086F-1130M-71 split-second Flyback chronograph, Leman, date and small second-hand, black military dial, self-winding Complication Split-seconds chrono Self win... 

While I agree with most of your views, I disagree with your assessment that the Patek 5959 is the best chronograph in the world. I propose that the Datograph is the best chronograph ever. I also disagree that the lack of a cover for the column wheel is a ... 

and with regards to the column wheel cap ... isnt the use of a cap mandatory by the Genava Seal rules?? I think that for a Lange the "missing" cap fits the overall atmophere the watch breathes=> one of a technical perfectioned teutonic masterpiece On a PP... 

for being the best chrono ever, as it packs the balanced characteristic beauty of the Datograph´s dial together with the technical excellence of the DoubleSplit "engine": the Datograph-DoubleSplit-Flyback Chances of seeing this piece appear in the Lange b...  

This would please me a lot, EHH! Nice photoshop job, my friend! Best. Nicolas

so I am sory mate, but the PR stays there!! ;-D Perhaps we should move the text "Datograph" to the subdial at 3 o´clock too so to get an optical "match" to balance the presence of the PR in the subdial at 9 o´clock. My watch has a 5 day PR btw Edwin

What about F.P. Journe Centigraphe? In house movement, original and precise...

Isnt that a "joke"? (sorry, I dont mean it to sound that harsh, please understand) I mean, a watch is essentially a digital system - the seconds hand has, say, 300 different positions which its rests in (for a short period of time before moving to the nex...