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SIHH 2010: A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Annual CalendarA. Lange & Sohne went a long way developing the most complicated in-house movements and an addition to their extensive line of models of an Annual Calendar watch was only a matter of time. I am so glad it is a Saxonia model that successfully combines elegant appearance with intelligent design.A little bit of total disclosure here: when it comes to dressy watches, I am a sucker for Lange. Okay, now that I have said it I can more or less safely admit that my heart is bleeding when I read a torrent of press releases issued by the German manufacture.I mean, some of these models cost like a decent three-bedroom suburbian house and are still out of my reach especially now, when the global financial crisis finally starts showing its ugly face (Yeah, I think this is just the beginning of the real crisis and Greece is just one of the first real countries to call it quits on its enormous sovereign debt. God, I wish I was too pessimistic about this.) Let’s get down to business, though.The new A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Annual Calendar comes powered by their recently developed L085.1 SAX-0-MAT automatic movement. Designed and built totally in-house, decorated and assembled by hand, this terrific example of German ingenuity sports Lange’s Zero-Reset function that makes the small second hand at 6 o’clock either fall back or spring forward to zero depending whether it is between 0 and 30 or 30 and 60 seconds position.Being an Annual Calendar, the watch is capable to show current date, day of week, month and even moon phase. It is not a perpetual calendar, so you will have to adjust the watch once a year, which is, let’s face it, still rather annoying. On the other hand, a perpetual calendar with leap year function would be a lot more expensive and more demanding to proper servicing, too.The movement seats inside a rather compact white (Ref. 330.026) or pink gold (Ref. 330.032) case 38.5 mm in diameter and only 9.8 mm in height, which is really wonderful for an automatic watch.

I ncontinually thought I could afford to own a luxury eyeball.? I have watched over the years what because my friends bought beautiful watches and told myself that hopefully some day I would be able to do the same.? One brand of watches that I had eternally really liked, vicariously by my friends, is A. Lange and Sohne.? I thought the watches were classy and naturally a good watch that could be tatty anywhere.?My friends new that I wanted to shop for a nice looking watch so we were talking concerned with it one day after work while we grabbed drinks.? One of my friends laughed when I said I couldn't deplete a couple thousand dollars on a watch.? They told me I didn't call for to spend that to get the A. Lange and Sohne watch of my dreams.? This is when my friends told me about replica watches.? Before this I didn't yet know they existed.?I was excited to espy that I could buy a?replica A. Lange and Sohne?for a small fraction of the price that I would have to honour for the real thing!? I immediately ordered one and when I received it I was so excited.? I put it on that day and have worn it proudly, without detection of it being a replica, ever since.? I will only buy replica watches in the future because it fairminded makes more sense.