The A. Lange & Söhne LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL with white-gold case and black dial

Sep 23, 2014,07:29 AM
 

The Langematik Perpetual was created for people who expect technical progress to make life more convenient. Now, Lange’s first self-winding wristwatch with a perpetual calendar and an outsize date is being presented in a new version: the combination of a white-gold case and a black dial gives the Langematik Perpetual a stately presence.

 

LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL

 

Debut with white-gold case and black dial

 

 

The Langematik Perpetual was the world’s first wristwatch with a self-winding movement to incorporate a perpetual calendar with an outsize date. The perpetual calendar displays the date, the day of the week, and the month; it recognises the different number of days in each month and even the leap years. Once correctly set, the date display needs only to be corrected by one day every hundred years. The moon-phase display is a paragon of precision as well. It deviates from the true position of the moon by merely one day every 122.6 years, assuming the watch runs without interruption. To make it as user-friendly as possible, the calendar displays can be advanced collectively or individually.

 

The Langematik Perpetual owes its prominent appearance to the elegant white-gold case combined with a black, solid-silver dial that delivers an abundance of information at a single glance. The luminous hands and the rhodiumed-gold appliques clearly stand out against the dark background. A black crocodile strap and a white-gold prong buckle take the theme of vivid contrasts a step further.

 

The heart of the Langematik Perpetual is the proven self-winding Sax-0-Mat calibre with the patented Zero-Reset mechanism. When the crown is pulled, the seconds hand jumps to the zero position, thus simplifying the synchronisation of the watch. The bidirectionally winding rotor in 21-carat gold with a platinum centrifugal mass builds up the maximum power reserve of 46 hours after only a short time on the wrist. Numerous details of the meticulously finished movement can be admired through the sapphire-crystal caseback. It reveals the three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver, the classic screw balance, and the hand-engraved balance cock with the whiplash precision index adjuster. The exclusive timepiece will be presented for the first time on 23 September 2014, when the first Lange boutique in Moscow is inaugurated.

 

 

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About A. Lange & Söhne

When Ferdinand A. Lange established his watch manufactory in 1845, he laid the cornerstone of Saxony’s precision watchmaking industry. His precious pocket watches remain highly coveted among collectors all over the world. The company was expropriated after World War II, and the name A. Lange & Söhne nearly vanished. In 1990, Ferdinand A. Lange’s great-grandson Walter Lange had the courage to relaunch the brand. Today, Lange crafts only a few thousand wristwatches in gold or platinum per year. They are endowed exclusively with proprietary movements that are lavishly decorated and assembled by hand. In a period of only 20 years, A. Lange & Söhne developed 49 manufacture calibres and secured a top-tier position among the world’s finest watch brands. Its biggest successes include innovative timekeeping instruments like the LANGE 1 with the first outsize date in a regularly produced wristwatch as well as the LANGE ZEITWERK with its supremely legible, precisely jumping numerals. Meanwhile, both models have become icons of the venerable brand.

 













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