1815 UP and DOWN

Look at the top half of the dial. You see rectangles within rectangles (mostly the date window frame, and also the HG lines near the dial edge). All straight lines. Looks like nice kitchen cabinets. Now look down south. We just left the kitchen and entere

... having caseback # 114881 and movement # 4873. The dial on that watch looks as expected, vs. this watch (which has caseback #114876 and movement # 4932), which does not look as expected. My speculation is that the original dial on this watch may have b

Looking to learn more from Lange scholars... I was perusing eBay the other day and came across this first generation 1815 U/D (221.021). It has a Certificate of Origin from Lange so I will assume that is in fact genuine. One thing that caught my eye was t

Pleased to report we didn’t find any mentioning of Cellini on the paper work and caseback. The paper work states “232.039 1815 UP/DOWN” as the model reference, and on the case back “LIMITED 40 PCS” has been inscribed. Best Gatsby

And sometimes new old stock too. The AD called this week to say that a certain client of theirs enquired about the Cellini 40th anniversary 1815 Up/Down watch and guess what? They found two NOS pieces sitting in the vault at Glashütte. I enquired as to ho

...which felt like a vintage watch that had been increased in size for a modern market, so never quite looked right...whereas this is a modern watch that has been downsized to fit the recent trend towards smaller watches. I used to have an 1815 Up/Down, w

I switched up the strap on my 1815 up/down with something a bit more casual. I am really liking the look of grey suede strap so far. Extremely comfortable also.

But I’m still highly tempted by the 1815 Up/Down:

And so, left-to-right: The Richard Lange (232.032). 40.5mm. Burkhardt Geyer's first caliber for Lange - with the split-wheel tensioning mechanism in the centre seconds train to eliminate flutter. A robust instrument. The 1815 (235.032). 38.5mm. The contem