What does a wrist watch say about its owner? As a man, I know that to some extent, we measure each other up based on our watches. I remember talking to a boutique manager at one of Bal Harbour‘s finest shops about how she gauges the psychology of a customer to determine who is there […]

The Grand Lange 1 “Lumen” by A. Lange & Söhne is Carmelo Anthony’s selection for Haute Time’s Watch of the Day. As part of a Limited edition collection of 200 pieces, this model is featured in platinum. The case measures 40.9 mm and houses a Lange Manufacture Caliber L095.2 movement with a 72-hour power reserve. […]

Haute Time had the opportunity to sit down and take a look at the new watches launched at SIHH from A. Lange & Sohne this year. The watch has been getting a lot of buzz lately, as a lot of fine watch lovers have been requesting the pieces, as we were very excited to sit […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar by A. Lange & Sohne. This impressive timepiece is a new rendition of the perpetual calendar, using a Calibre L082.1 self winding movement with tourbillon and patented stop seconds, a perpetual calendar with outside date, retrograde day of the week display, […]

Luxury watchmakers A. Lange & Söhne made headlines this week with the announcement that the German company are opening their first US boutique. The Saxon company will establish their North American flagship in Palm Beach, Florida, on the prestigious Worth Avenue shopping street. The opening marks the company’s eighth boutique worldwide. With neighbors like fine art […]

One of the nice things about A. Lange & Söhne is how little noise they make about how much goes into their watches. Every year a few thousand timepieces –a bare handful, by the modern standards of mass luxury behemoths, who leverage their name recognition into the sale of millions of units of God knows […]

Mr. Ron Lee, the owner of Chong Hing Jewelers in Los Angeles clearly has has fine taste in jewelry and timepieces. Here, he shares with Haute Time his favorite watches: A. Lange: 722.050 Breguet 5335 BR429W6 Roger Dubuis: double tourbillon, EX45-01SQ-50-00/0E00/B Corum: 313.150.55/0002FK02 Patek Philippe: 7071R   Chong Hing Jewelers is located at: 140 W. […]

Watchmakers A. Lange & Söhne have launched the Saxonia Thin, the thinnest watch ever created by the company. The Saxonia Thin is just 5.9 millimetres in height, with a 40 millimeter-diameter 18-carat casing of either pink or white gold. The watch’s inner workings are just as thin; the calibre L093.1 movement, developed specifically for this […]

Last night, the Park Avenue Armory was filled with luxury watch lovers and CEOs alike. For its second year the TimeCrafters Exhibition welcomes brands like Richard Mille, Omenga, Hublot, Girard Perregaux, Chopard, Bvlgari, Breguet, and Audemars Piguet to the city to showcase their fine craftesmenship and iconic pieces. Skilled watchmakers worked on rare pieces right […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the Datograph Up/Down by A. Lange & Sohne. This impressive chronograph is a reinterpretation of one of the brands most iconic designs. The Datograph platinum case measures 41mm and features a sapphire case back exposing the impressive Manufacture Calibre L951.6 movement. The Flyback mechanism adds to the […]

Swiss luxury conglomerate Richemont exhibited strong growth in 2012, despite significant investments and the heavy tariffs imposed on its goods by Chinese regulators. As the owner of several luxury brands including Cartier, Richemont is second only to LVMH in the scale of its luxury operations. For the first half of 2012, Richemont’s profits increased between […]

Jack Forster reviews the A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar.

There are now as many supermodels as super watches heating up the scene at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. Eva Herzigova, Helen Svedin and Adriana Lima were all spotted during the weeklong festivities in January, as were notables such as Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen and Ewan McGregor. But the spotlight never […]

When the original Datograph from Lange & Söhne debuted in 1999, it was hailed as a triumph –not only for its intrinsic qualities but also as a demonstration of the expertise in watchmaking in the German style represented by Lange.

Timepieces are the original traveler’s gadget. In fact, historically speaking most long distance travel and navigation was reliant on suitable timing instruments. Back when A. Lange & Sohne only made pocket watches they would occasionally put together a watch with two dials and movements in it for clients who needed a watch to track two […]

Many watch owners take for granted their luminant watch dial; though this component is typically a standard feature on timepieces, many classic luxury timepieces do not possess this luminescent ingredient. So, no, your typical high-end watch will not glow in the dark. Not, that is, until the debut of the Grande Lange 1 Luminous watch. […]