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When new watch makers take over the watch industry they come up with new and interesting ideas which they integrate in their time pieces. Thus, A. Lange & Shone created Zeitwerk, a luxurious, elegant and classic watch.A Lange & Shone Zeitwerk features a case and bezel made of red gold, a white dial crafted from silver and a crocodile leather strap which is handcrafted, fitted with a massive buckle in 19 carat gold or platinum and bearing the Lange brand. The dial measures 4.9 mm across and 12.6 mm tall and includes silver plates for the seconds counter found on 6 o'clock. On the 9 and 3 o'clock positions there are little window displaying the jumping hours and minutes. A semi-circular power reserve scale placed at 12 o'clock completes the symmetric arrangement of the A. Lange & Shone Zeitwerk watch. When it sweeps to and fro it indicated the degree of tension left in the spring barrel. Besides, A Lange & Shone Zeitwerk timepiece includes a curved sapphire crystal .A Lange & Shone Zeitwerk watch is also available in white gold case and black crocodile leather strap. The price is somewhere around 50,000 – $60,000 for the gold versions of A.Lange & Shone Zeitwerk watch.A Lange & Shone Zeitwerk Pictures

This is the first wristwatch in the series to have an automatic winding movement, therefore the usual power reserve indicator, a feature on all previous manually wound Lange 1 dials is no longer required.? In it’s place is a retrograde day of the week display and the emblematic dial layout has been somewhat reversed, with the watch face with the hours and minutes repositioned to the right of the dial and the subsidiary seconds dial now to the left.? The characteristic patented outsize date with its generous Arabic numerals remains although now at the 10 o'clock position.The A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Daymatic collectionThe movement is the Lange Calibre L.021.1. comprising of 67 jewels and 426 individual parts and with a power reserve of 50 hours.Due to be unveiled at the SIHH 2010 exhibition the Lange 1 Daymatic will be available from mid-2010 in variations of 18 carat yellow gold, pink gold or platinum each with the classic silver Lange 1 dial expertly crafted and flawlessly finished.? Hand decoration of components and the attention to detail synonymous with this brand are expected to be as meticulous as ever.Popularity: 5% [?]