A. Lange & Söhne

An X-rated Experience (or: Lust, Longing and Lange)

 

I've always been attracted to blue hands on a dress watch. Something about the combination of blued hands against a white/silver dial just speaks to me.

And I like Langes. Unfortunately, my budget had only allowed me one so far, an 1815 which I love dearly.




Lange 1's with blue hands aren't so common on the market, and the ones more frequently encountered are the YG ones with blued hands.

The WG/blue hands edition was tougher to find as not many were made.  I longed for one, but they were out of production, and seldom came up pre-owned.

It seemed my lust for this 101.027X was destined to remain unconsummated...

... until one day in Aug when Ianny messaged me to tell me he had found one in Tokyo!

In a fever of anticipation, I emailed the seller, and after some to-and-fro, I paid for the watch. Coincidentally, we had booked our family holiday to Japan so I was able to collect the watch personally in Nov.

This Lange 101.027X was truly amazing in the metal. On the way back from the shop in Ginza, I could not resist multiple wristshots, no doubt puzzling many Japanese shoppers. 

 
And safely back home.

I really love how the blue hands stand out. I don't mind the printed roman numerals , I feel they are in fact a necessary feature to allow the hands to stand boldly at the forefront of the watch. And together wth my 1815, they make a nice pair of Langes with blued hands.

A huge thank you to Ianny for spotting this watch, and thank you to all fellow Lange-lovers for writing up about this model in this forum, and helping (directly or indirectly) to fuel my lust/longing.

Which is now of course happily satisfied ;-)