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In the world of luxury horology, dial aesthetics often spark passionate debate among collectors. aperna's original post delves into the polarizing 'eaten' numeral design, specifically the 3 and 9 o'clock markers, on an A. Lange & Söhne timepiece. This article explores why this design choice, which aperna finds 'as close to perfect as possible,' continues to divide opinion and what it signifies for the brand's design philosophy.
I prefer numerals ‘eaten’, I like the 1815 with the partial 6 beneath and prefer dials rendered like that rather than a blank space / missing numerals or batons whatever is used.
But I am partial to the 402.032, since it is extremely clean and well laid out: (Langepedia)
I was always curious about Lange's decision-making behind these changes. I assume the market preferred the busier version, but I was never sure.
This clean version is the best, in my estimation. No one needs a pulsation scale or a tachymetre scale on a gold, dress chronograph.
It would be an interesting poll question, though -- to see if people prefer the busier version with the measurement scales, or the cleaner version without them.
I heard that Lange had trouble selling the clean dial 1815 chrono because a lot of customers thought it looked just like the up/down, at twice the price. The busier version (which I also prefer) was more immediately differentiable.
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