A Lange &Sohne

A. Lange & Söhne Tour d’Eleganza 2017 The “Tour d’Eleganza” is a special tour from Munich to the shores of Lake Como where the participants witness the most significant event dedicated to the mystique of vintage cars: the Concorso d’Eleganza.

July 24, 2017

The Concorso d’Eleganza is a one of a kind event that celebrates the automobile as a coveted collectors’ item, design icon and work of art. The winner of this year’s “Best of Show” category at the traditional Concorso d’Eleganza at Lake Como, Corrado Lopresto, owner of an Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS Prototipo built in 1957, […]

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A. Lange & Söhne Lange 31 A. Lange & Söhne presents a new design variation in white gold with a grey dial of the Lange 31, the first and only mechanical wristwatch with a power reserve of 31 days and a patented constant-force escapement.

July 24, 2017

At first sight, the sleek grey dial of the Lange 31 in the 45.9-millimetre white-gold case does not reveal any sign of the power hidden inside its manually wound calibre. Only the white 31 at the upper end of the large power-reserve indicator and the small inscription beneath the Lange outsize date modestly refer to […]

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A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph As an extension of the 1815 watch family, A. Lange & Söhne is presenting a further version of the 1815 Chronograph with the stopwatch function.

July 24, 2017

The ability to measure times has always been one of the most useful and exciting functions of a mechanical watch. This applies in particular when the many levers and springs of the chronograph can be observed in action. A. Lange & Söhne has been crafting models with stopwatch functions since 1999 – fitted with sapphire-crystal […]

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A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Living Tradition Zoom on the 1815 Up/Down and Tourbograph Perpetual “Pour le mérite” models, which pay tribute to traditional pocket watches, like every watch from the 1815 collection.

June 12, 2017

Various traditional elements like the minuterie, blued steel hands, Arabic numerals, screwed gold-chatons or sunk dials are reminiscent of the timepieces’ rich heritage. SOURCE:http://en.worldtempus.com/article/watches/trends-and-style/a-lange-et-sohne-1815-living-tradition-23557.html

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A. Lange & Söhne Concorso d’Eleganza 2017 From 26 to 28 May, A. Lange & Söhne is staging its 6th appearance at the exclusive Concorso d’Eleganza for automotive works of art, ranging from the earliest years of motoring to the concept cars of tomorrow.

June 12, 2017

During the last weekend in May, the world’s most elegant classic vehicles will be able to be admired in the sprawling grounds of the Villa d’Este on Lake Como. Historic automobiles and motorcycles, as well as concept vehicles that provide a visionary glimpse into the future, will vie for the votes of the jury and […]

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Chronograph watches Categorising chronographs Measuring an interval of time seems like a simple idea. But the watch industry achieves it with many different approaches and variations on a particular type of complication: the chronograph.

June 12, 2017

The chronograph. It’s a linguistic convention to talk about this feature in the singular, but in fact the chronograph is plural in nature. There are around twenty different types, which all have specific displays, controls, functions and abilities. As we often find in the watchmaking world, a complication is in fact a little world of […]

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RDI-Charles Kaeser Mémoire collection The new Mémoire watch winder is decorated with fossil wood.

June 12, 2017

Set off on a journey into the furthest reaches of time, and contemplate the memory of our beautiful planet in the petrified wood that composes each side of this new winder. The dimensions of the Mémoire winder are 165 x 165 x 145 mm and its weight is 3 kilos. The sides and roof are […]

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A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph Perpetual “Pour le Mérite” The fifth timepiece in A. Lange & Söhne’s “Pour le Mérite” series combines the fusée-and-chain transmission with a tourbillon, a chronograph, a rattrapante func- tion and a perpetual calendar.

June 12, 2017

In October 1994, A. Lange & Söhne presented the first collection of the new era, including the Tourbillon “Pour le Mérite”, the first wristwatch with a tourbillon and a fusée-and-chain transmission. It was followed in 2005 with a further model in which these two elaborate constructions were united: the Tourbograph “Pour le Mérite”. But there […]

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Best-selling watches in the US The best-selling watches in the US Our journalist analyses the US watch market and tells us which watch models sell the best.

June 12, 2017

After last year’s gloom and doom, the horological mood was noticeably more upbeat at this year’s watch fairs, with some leading U.S. retailers reporting bright spots and a cautiously optimistic outlook for the year ahead. For premier jewelers, exclusivity is key to driving demand at the high end, where Audemars Piguet, Hublot, and Patek Philippe […]

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TAG Heuer Kei Nishikori and his TAG Heuer Professional Golf Watch A TAG Heuer ambassador since 2012, Kei Nishikori wears the Professional Gold Watch when he is on the tennis courts.

June 12, 2017

The 26-year-old Japanese tennis player is currently 6th in the ATP rankings.  He turned professional in 2007 and, at the age of 18, became the youngest player to reach the top 100 in the ATP rankings. He was also the first Asian player to reach a Grand Slam final (the US Open in 2014). He […]

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