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Rooted in Germany, 1845, A. Lange & Sohne (A Lange & Sons) is a notorious watch-*** brand, known for its commitment to creating impeccable timepieces of timeless beauty and mechanical purity carried up to a pure state of art. In spite of its downfall during the Soviet administration, the brand experienced a remarkable come-back after the end of the Cold War.Known mostly for designing exquisite timepieces created for those watch-collectors aficionados of mechanical perfection, A. Lange & Sohne introduced another Grand Lange 1 Model which emanates timeless elegance and refinement and embodies the aesthetical principle which states that less is more. This wristwatch features a sober monochrome dial design that focuses on the essentials and endows constructive logic with aesthetical purity of expression. The brand's legendary Grand Lange 1, launched in 1994, which represented the rebirth of the centenary Saxon watchmaker, was the first model of the brand that combined the traditional A. Lange & Sohne horological mastery with highly innovative off-centered dial displays and oversized date aperture, iconic features, which later on have become a hallmark of the A. Lange & Sohne's artisanship along with the immaculate engineering and classic beauty. Another outstanding trait of this model, recently implemented, is the fragile azur�� grooves, a noble decoration consisting in a delicate relief structure created by concentric circles. The Grand Lange 1 has a robust masculine case measuring 41.9 mm in diameter manufactured from 18 karat yellow or pink gold but the watch is also available even in a more precious platinum version. These materials harmoniously combine with the solid silver, champagne, argent��, and rhodi�� monochrome dials.Grand Lange 1 is a model that successfully combines quality and watch-*** finest traditions- all crowned by the perfection of the finest detail touch sublimed in the a superbly finished, manually-wound movement, the Lange manufacture caliber L901.2, which rises to the ultimate A. Lange & Sohne' standards of quality, being meticulously hand-adorned, and a special delicacy for any watches passionate connoisseur who will surely be seduced by its delicate dance while peeking through the sapphire crystal case-back.Moreover this masterpiece of horological artisanship embraces the wrist with an elegant crocodile leather strap conferring a special refinement to a gentleman's wrist all for an approximate price starting from $36,348.00 for the platinum version.A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1 Watch Pictures Gallery A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1, 5.5 out of 10 based on 4 ratings

An exciting development for A. Lange & Sohne will be displayed for the first time at the upcoming SIHH 2010 industry exhibition, the Lange 1 Daymatic. As the first self-winding movement to appear in the line, it will surely be drawing some attention to itself at the event. The Daymatic has the easily recognizable Lange 1 look with one very big exception - the classic Lange 1 displays have been reversed. The manual Lange 1 watches have the off-centered time display on the left side of the dial and the date on the right hemisphere respectively, the Lange 1 Daymatic switches things in reverse. The delivery of this watch is estimated to be sometime in mid 2010.The case of the Case A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Daymatic watch measures 39.5 millimeters by 10.4 millimeters and will be available in Yellow gold, Pink gold, Platinum. Each dial will be produced in solid silver with the variations being champagne, argent�� and rhodi��. The hands will compliment the chosen case and will be constructed of Yellow gold, Pink gold or Rhodiumed gold. The dial and case-back are protected by sapphire crystal with a hardness rating of 9. Each watch will be completed by a hand-stitched crocodile strap and a Lange prong buckle in solid gold or platinum.The Daymatic is powered the caliber L021 self-winding movement which measures 31.6 millimeters in diameter and 6.1 millimeters high. The movement has been crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards and decorated and assembled by hand. The movement is made up of 426 individual parts which includes 67 jewels and 7 screwed in gold chaton. The movement allows for a power reserve of 50 hours when fully wound. The functions include: hours and minutes, subsidiary seconds with stop seconds, patented outsize date, retrograde day-of-week display. References 320.021 320.032 320.025. This watch is estimated to be in the $50,000 and up range.