Golden Section and Double Aperture: A. Lange & Söhne Design Basics
Characteristic features of the famous watch A. Lange & Söhne is a timeless elegance and recognizable at first sight design. Sketches of new models allow us to understand how designers A. Lange & Söhne are working on each of them.
Gerrit Rietveld, a renowned designer and architect of the twentieth century, believed that technical perfection and beauty does not have to be mutually exclusive. A. Lange & Söhne designers share these principles, and working closely with the developers of calibers at all stages of the new model. They face a difficult task to combine the basic concept with a few seemingly minor details. As a result, a timepiece should be appeared that harmoniously combines technology and beauty, tradition and modernity.
GRAND LANGE 1 watch: off-center dial is built on the principles of the golden section
From the first rough sketches to the approved project passes a lot of time. For example, for the design of the dial alone can take up to two years. Constant doubt in his own ideal of drawings - it's part of the work of Lange & Söhne designers. On the long and thorny path to the final version, they evaluate a huge number of sketches, which often differ from one another only in the smallest details. Drawings are evaluated, compared, hotly debated ... and remade. However, the struggle for every fraction of a millimeter - this is the only way to find the best solution from a variety of simply good. Result – the watch with easily recognizable design of A. Lange & Söhne, even without the famous arc signature.
Famous design elements - asymmetrically positioned dial and large date aperture with a double - transformed the LANGE 1 watch, first introduced in 1994, a real icon of style. It is the most famous model of the Saxon watch manufactory. LANGE 1 made history thanks to the design of the index date with a double aperture, created under the influence of watches on stage the Semper Opera House, and the dial offset from the center. Strategically placed non-overlapping indicators reflect the harmonious proportions of the golden section, which from ancient times was considered a model of artistic balance.
In addition to the undeniable originality, Saxon manufactory creations are characterized by very fine details. For example, such as artfully designed lugs, elegant sword-shaped hands, applied hour indexes or a harmonious blend of the material of the watch with the color of the dial, this further enhances the attractiveness of the model. A few sketches of new models in 2013 by designers A. Lange & Söhne clearly show how manufactory repeatedly manages to combine in their creations timeless standard of artisanship and brand awareness.
GRAND LANGE 1: black on white
With its expressive view, the latest model GRAND LANGE 1 shall contrast between the black dial of solid silver and sleek case made of white gold. Thanks to luminescent hands and hour indexes in rhodium-plated gold, indicators of time and power reserve are well visible even in the dark. Black-and-white contrast of this model is underlined in black alligator leather strap and Lange’s buckle brand in white gold.
GRAND LANGE 1 watch sketch
GRAND LANGE 1 Lumen: secret of glow
For almost 20 years the secret of innovative large date on the A. Lange & Söhne watches has remained hidden under the dial of solid silver. And for the first time, the GRAND LANGE 1 Lumen watch demonstrates this complex mechanism. Glowing discs of large date are now visible through the translucent segment of the dial, made of sapphire glass. The optimum brightness date after midnight is reached because of rotating transparent disc coated with black numerals hits on the glowing square that generates the necessary background. As befits an exclusive model, affecting its technical and design excellence, the GRAND LANGE 1 Lumen watch is produced a limited edition of 200 items with a platinum case.
GRAND LANGE 1 Lumen watch sketch
1815 UP / DOWN: fully experience the memories of a pocket watch
Watches from the 1815 collection are full of noble dignity and are the pinnacle of watchmaking. In the new model 1815 UP / DOWN, the separate dial at the 8 o’clock position shows how much charge is left out of the 72 hours of power reserve. Tags of AUF and AB scales on the additional small dial show if the mainspring is fully wound or not. Such scale is the tradition of A. Lange & Söhne. Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, "railroad" minute scale and symmetrical additional dials of power reserve and small second’s hand - a tribute to the style of the famous A. Lange & Söhne pocket watches.
1815 UP/DOWN watch sketch
SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR: purity, clarity, beauty
In creating a model SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR, the main desire was to achieve clarity and harmony in the arrangement of its several dials. Thanks to the rounded hour indices, strict minute scale and symmetrically placed signs, the calendar information on the dial of this model is intuitive and easy to read. Traditional features of this model - sword-shaped hands and a large date aperture with a double. The concept of the model reflects the very essence of the modern design, when beauty is based on its functionality and visual expression. The model, presented in this year, shines with the cold gleam of a platinum case with the dial covered with rhodium. This watch is embodied the three basic principles of design: purity, clarity and beauty.
SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR watch sketch
SAXONIA AUTOMATIC: sparkling elegance
The A. Lange & Söhne watch harmoniously combines the unique artisanship and timeless elegance. Decorated with 76 brilliant-cut diamonds, the new SAXONIA AUTOMATIC watch was created with the intention to embody the perfect combination of technology, artistry and design. The dial of solid silver and diamond-encrusted bezel perfectly complements the refined silhouette of the case of solid white or pink gold. The self-winding mechanism Calibre L086.1 has a thickness of just over 3.7 mm - it is the thinnest caliber of the Saxon manufactory.
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