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A. Lange & Söhne: The original was not a memorable watch, which I think is why watch journalists mistakenly reported...

... in 2010 that the honey gold Lange 1 Tourbillon (722.050) was Lange's first stop-seconds tourbillon. The 722.050 was one of the original three honey gold models, which were introduced in 2010 to celebrate Langes 165th anniversary (because who doesn't celebrate a 165th anniversary, lol?). When I w
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A. Lange & Söhne: Indeed, 18 years, since 2008!

The original Cab Tourb models -- the 703.025 (platinum) and 703.032 (rose gold) -- were not limited editions. They were readily available for years. But I'm sure Lange knew at the time that these would never generate many sales due to their price point. These were the first Lange tourbillon models w
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A. Lange & Söhne: I wonder if they could do this without making it bigger/thicker.

The current ZW has a single disc on the left outer edge with 13 numerals, to display the hour in a single window. How could 24-hour time be displayed? I can think of 3 options: 1 Somehow cramming all 24 hours onto the existing disc without reducing the size of the window (I don't see how that's phys
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A. Lange & Söhne: Never loved the Cab Tourb much either, because of the segregated dial and the size.

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 entered the garage, which is messier. The lower hal
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