a lange & sohne model 703.032

Every two years a weekly German business magazine called Wirtschaftswoche puts together an annual ranking of Germany's top luxury brands. This year, A. Lange & Sohne has once again risen above the rest to capture the top spot on this prestigious list as the best luxury brand in Germany, scoring 242 points out of a possible 300. This is the second time in a row for A.lange and Sohne. It should be noted that to be the requirement to be considered for the list the company could be for any luxury item, not just for timepieces. Beating out other popular and highly recognizable brands including some impressive automobile makers - Maybach, Mercedes Benz, and Porsche. fashion designers, and other companies. Such factors as their high score for brand appeal pushed the A. Lange & Sohne brand to the top of the list after data was collected by interviewing more than 150 experts from the respective industries. Beginning in 2005, the luxury league table is drawn up every two years by the Munich based brand rating agency at the instigation of the Wirtschaftswoche magazine among the leading German luxury brands.

A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Luminous (Ref. 140.035)Originally revealed a year ago, the gorgeous A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk manual-wind wrist watch started the digital revolution in the world of mainstream mechanical time keepers. Now, the new A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Luminous takes the idea even further.In fact, there are two main selling points for the A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Luminous. The one that gets noticed from the first glance is its semi-skeletonized dial, which is covered with a semi-opaque crystal highlighting the digital hour and minutes display with its already famous “Time Bridge” element, which is this time made of PVD-coated German silver.The second selling point is hinted in the watch’s name but remains hidden until after dark. You see, the watch’s jumping hour and minute Arabic numerals are covered with a luminescent substance that glows for several hours after the night comes. Must be pretty fascinating, that.The watch is powered by the same Caliber L043.1 manual-wind movement, which is housed in the same massive-looking round case 41.9 mm in diameter and only 12.6 mm high.Unfortunately, while the original Zeitwerk was available in rose, yellow and white gold, as well as platinum, the Zeitwerk Luminous comes only in an expensive platinum body, which makes it a really expensive piece of work. A. Lange & Sohne still stays mum about the model’s recommended price, but let me remind you that the original “Leap of time” model in platinum was priced at impressive €59,000, and this one is limited at only 100 pieces!