A. Lange & Söhne

G'day,

why not have a nice view for the weekend

To me, the new Cabaret Tourbillon really is.
It´s a very well balanced new case size and many many interesting as well as finely crafted details.
Quite easy to fall for it - if one is lucky to be allocated a piece!

The key feature of course is the tourbillon

The finely finished movement parts are not less fascinating. Such as the wheels, which can´t be seen that easily with any other Lange:

And as we talk movements, a fairly well known and universally appreciated sight - the new Grande Lange 1.
Unlike other watches on the markets featuring microscopically small movements in hugely oversized cases, the enlarged Lange 1 makes for a pleasing relation to the movement size:

Well done, ALS

Cheers,

Peter

The Macro pic of the movement, and the 1st pic are just gorgeous!
The finish, as on all the Lange watches is close to perfection.
although I'm not a big fan of the design of the dial, which lakcs of balance, IMHo, with these 2 small counters.
I'd appreciate the watch without them, but, as always, this is very subjective, as it's a matter of taste.
Best, and thanks for these ics, my friend.
Nicolas

. . . not that I'm buying one anytime soon, but it's one of my favorites from Basel . . . unmistakably Lange, yet it has less of a presence than many other Langes - rather understated and tasteful, which is a compliment in my book. Cordially, Art

Lange always makes perfect watches, and the pics are very good.

What is about this watch? The dial is not good looking becaus subdials above the tourbillon looks like fallen down the dial, too much close the toturbillon.

 

I cant undertand why the subdial are so close the floor of the dial.

See the next picture. It was made by Gigio (spanish collector). Its much more equilibrated:

G'day,

to each his own, just that there´s a technical challenge to keep in mind.
The large date requires a likewise large date wheel, which limits possible positions for the second/power reserve indications:

It´s not a technical drawing and dimensions may be slightly off, but over the thumb it´s not possible to place indications within the red circle.
The alternative would be to move the power reserve mechanism out of the movement and apply a module under the dial, which would make the large date appear "sunken in" and add at least 3-5 mm in height. Not sure such would be a more pleasing sight, though.

Leaving out the large date might do, just that would mean to omit an iconic feature for Lange watches.
So in some way it´s in fact a compromise, which makes itself seen MUCH more in rectangular movements of limited width/height. Still i find the second hand essential (because of the stop seconde mechanism) and the power reserve indication a nice visual counterweight.
To each his own

Cheers,

Peter

Even if I have to say that I share PET's point of view about the design of this Cabaret Tourbillon, I now understand why they did this way, at Lange!

Thanks a lot for this brilliant response, my friend!

Nicolas

Your explanation is very good. Thanks.

But we can see that it's still a prototype because the finishings will be even higher on the final version.