A. Lange & Söhne

Which one is better for collecting and sometimes wearing 


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It's one of the true watch design icons. I especially love this version with the moonphase.

...I think the AC has a couple of flaws with the layout and implementation. The 'Annual Calendar' in the sub-dial shouldn't be there. And a manual movement is impractical.

The rose gold to have slightly better legibility for the 3 sub dials. However I have seen them in the flesh. I am not sure yet which version I will get

but I owned that L1 moonphase for a while. I seldom wore it, so I traded it. It’s a great watch, particular under a loupe/macro lens, and the distinct moonphase and day/night disks are delightful. But there were a few things that bugged me about it in really life. First, the dial color more often looks gray than black. Second, the date windows really should be black with white numerals rather than the opposite. Finally, if you wear any traditional L1 on your left wrist under a cuff, it is annoyingly harder to tell the time than to … see how much power reserve is left. Of course, all these critiques are extremely subjective…

Can’t comment on collectibility, because the watch world has gone crazy.

This turned out to be a lot more legible than I thought it would be. Love it.

For me. More iconic piece from ALS, imho. This version is my favorite of their L1 moonphases

I have both models and wearing the AC more.  The adjustment mechanism is very easy.  Hence, no issue it being manual wind. All the best!

Beyond my topics, probably can I ask further 

....  If I'm forced to choose, I'll go for the Lange 1 Moonphase.