Otto Peltola's Ostinato too first prize in the 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award

The Musical Winner Of The 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award: Otto Peltola Wins With Charming Chiming Watch Ostinato (Plus Video)

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The 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award has come to a conclusion: the dust has settled, the tools have been put down, and the participants are on to other tasks. The winner of the 2018 Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence award, Otto Peltola, was announced at SIHH 2019 at the annual Lange Friends Dinner. Here Joshua Munchow explains what made this creation stand out among the other seven entries.

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President Bill Clinton wearing a A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Pour Le Mérite at the 2018 Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York

Wrist Watching: Former President Bill Clinton Sporting A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Pour Le Mérite

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In today’s installment of Wrist Watching, Nick Gould looks at what’s on the wrist of the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, an avid watch collector: A. Lange & Söhne’s Richard Lange Pour le Mérite.

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A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Langematik Perpetual

Three Perpetual Calendars Launched At SIHH 2019 From A. Lange & Söhne, Girard-Perregaux, And Vacheron Constantin

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The perpetual calendar is a great example of a complication that is outdated by at least a couple of decades. Yet perpetuals still know how to capture the attention of watch collectors and connoisseurs with a very complex movement, even if some components only jump into action once a year. The perpetual calendar is often the perfect way for a watch manufactures to show off craftsmanship and ability – but the way that brands do this varies. Here are three very different examples we found at the 2019 SIHH.

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A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 25th Anniversary Edition wristshot

A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 25th Anniversary Edition: Celebrating A Quarter Century Of Asymmetrical Cool

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2019 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of both the rebirth of A. Lange & Söhne and the introduction of the brand’s most famous watch, the iconic Lange 1. And the brand kicks off its anniversary year with the commemorative Lange 1 25th Anniversary watch limited to 250 pieces.

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Parting shot: the author’s A. Lange & Söhne Double Split, bought at auction in 2012

Why You Can’t Afford To Buy Your Watch If You Can’t Afford To Break It – Reprise

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GaryG’s first rule when it comes to collecting is to avoid setting too many exclusionary rules. With watches, he believes that it’s the passion that separates collectors from investors and accumulators. Which brings him to another rule: deriving the full enjoyment from the things you own.

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A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split on the wrist

Winners At Watch Of The Year (WOTY) 2018 By CH24.PL Include Three Awards For A. Lange & Söhne

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The ninth edition of Poland’s Watch of the Year by CH24.PL included all timepieces introduced in 2018 competing across six categories. Elizabeth Doerr shares the night’s big winners here.

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A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Up/Down Lumen

A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Up/Down Lumen: It’s Illuminating!

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Martin Green (and many others) considers the regular version of the A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Up/Down to already be one of the best and most beautiful current-production chronographs money can buy. Martin is however sure that the Lumen element only adds to its charm – by day and by night!

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Group A. Lange & Söhne Pour le Mérite Tourbillon wristshot with Walter Lange at center, 2013

Why The A. Lange & Söhne Tourbillon Pour Le Mérite Is One Of The Most Historically Important Modern Wristwatches (Archive)

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Why is the A. Lange & Söhne Tourbillon Pour Le Mérite important from a holistic view of horological history? Elizabeth thinks that the reasons are manifold and include the unheard-of technology nestled within its movement, the audacity of a German newcomer in challenging Swiss status quo, and the symbolic value for A. Lange & Söhne’s rebirth as well as the golden age of mechanical timepieces.

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Two great decimal repeaters: the Kari Voutilainen Masterpiece 8 (left) and the A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater

Sounding Off: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater vs. Kari Voutilainen Masterpiece 8 (Archive)

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Here Gary, Elizabeth, and Ian compare and discuss six areas of the Kari Voutilainen Masterpiece 8 and A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater, two rare and very technical timepieces. And there’s a video so you can see and hear both decimal repeaters to make your own comparison.

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4N Sapphire Planet

The Jump Hour: A Love Story (Archive)

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The jump hour has a long history, but first things first, it can’t technically be called a complication since the accepted definition of complication is a mechanism that provides information other than the time. However, anyone who gives a hoot will say in the same breath that there are many complications that don’t fit that definition and Joshua couldn’t agree more.

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