A. Lange & Söhne

Hello all. I've been lurking around these parts for the last 8 months or so and this is my first post. As the title reads I'm having problems with my 1815, and I am resigned to the fact that it will have to go back to Lange to be fixed. Nevertheless, I would like some feedback if anyone has any idea of what is going on with my Lange. Long story short, the watch on two separate occasions has failed to stop after more then a week of not wearing it (and winding it). The first time was when I went on vacation and came back home after a week the watch was still running which I thought was very odd (I even thought the cleaning lady had played with it). I pulled the crown stopped the watch and then put the crown back in and eventually the watch stopped. Then last week, I decided to wear the watch, wound it, set the time and figured I was just going crazy. I wound and wore the watch last Friday and have not had the occasion to put it on until today ... watch was still running. Clearly something is wrong, I believe the power reserve is only 40 or 50 hours in any event not 7 days! Also when I went to wind it today it felt a little "off" and was fully wound in less turns then usual (which would make sense if it was still running when I went to wind it). It's only a watch I know but I've only had it since December and a little disappointed. Any ideas of what is wrong, how long will the turn around time be to have it fixed (I want it sent back to Lange in Germany). Thanks for the input.

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So this is the first time I hear this kind of trouble: a watch which has a much larger power reserve than expected...

What about the accuracy of the watch? If everything is ok, somebody is winding the watch when you are not at home. Maybe a little elf...

Sounds strage the watch can keep going for that long.. It the time correct though?

in my case it was not the correct time of course.

I also noticed, when handling it again after a long time, that the second hand was running.

But I reckon that is only the balance wheel swinging due to handling and not a real movement that is powered by the mainspring.


To call it a dead beat second is certainly just a play with words ... ;-)


Regards

Moritz
This message has been edited by COUNT DE MONET on 2011-06-11 03:20:57