Philosophy value
Here are two of my favorite. The Union Glashütte Perpetual Calendar (50 made) and the Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar. One of them is 4 times the cost of the other. For granted the expensive one is made out of a precious metal. Is it real worth the...
The Lange is def worth the price
Movement design, architecture, and finish are superb
Yes, it is, of course!
The finishing of the Lange movement is not comparable with the Union: the latter is machine finished, while the Lange is hand-finished, naturally. And the movement of the Lange is also much better technically, the Union uses a modul for the perpetual cale...
Flip them over...
I never understood anything over $5000 for a watch until I saw a Lange in-person! Immediately bought a Lange 1 and ended up buying a Zeitwerk within a year or two of that. That being said, my biggest issue with Lange is the lack of anything with an open-h...