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Foversta provides an extensive report from SIHH 2009, detailing A. Lange & Söhne's novelties and booth experience. This article offers a comprehensive overview of the brand's offerings, including the redesigned 1815, the Richard Lange Pour le Mérite, and other significant pieces, capturing the essence of Lange's precision watchmaking at the event.
As always, it has been a great pleasure for us to be warmly welcome by the Lange Team. I would like to thank Julie and Gaetan for the time we spent all together, Fabian, Arnd, Tino and Anthony for the presentation and the dinner.
There are a lot of pictures to present so I will split the presentation by topic.
Of course, I start with the booth !
For whom who know the previous Lange booth, there were big changes this year. A very large part of it was dedicated to an exhibition about the art of precision watchmaking. All the calibers from Lange were displayed on a wall. We also were able to see portraits of Ferdinand and Richard Lange, a fusée & chain installation etc... and a superb exploted view of the 1815 caliber. This exploted caliber was enlarged 25 times and weights around 100 kilograms! And of course, a watchmaker was present, wor
We already presented both versions of the Richard Lange PLM after the presentation in Paris by Fabian and Arnd. It's for me the ultimate 3 hands watch of the market. The fusée & chain system brings something magic to the winding feeling and adds an impressive visual effect on the caliber. The 3 layers enamel dial gives a very classy touch. The watch is clearly dedicated to connoisseurs who can afford a 100K euros watch with only 3 hands. The challenge for Lange will be be to convince them its th
Just a few shots to compare both version. Close... but very different. You can feel the contrast between the silver and the enamel dials. Fr.Xavier
A few shots of the caliber with the fusée & chain system: The 3 layers of the enamel dial: Fr.Xavier
This one is a HIT ! What a beautiful dial ! Funny thing is that I really find it more readable than the Platinum version. With the PT version: Fr.Xavier
This year was a bit special due to the context but despite this atmosphere, Lange presented several beautiful watches: - the technical features of the Richard Lange are very convincing - the new caliber of the 1815 is also impressive with its big size - the aesthetical changes of the Datograph Perpetual and of the Lange 1 Timezone bring something very attractive to these watches. But we also feel that Lange is at a turning point. I think that Lange will keep on going on the road of success if th
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