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. […]

When looking at this new 1815 Chronograph watch, I almost hear the whistle and steam pouring out of a large locomotive as it screeches to a halt in a train station from a forgotten era. There was a time when travel was reserved as a gentleman’s pursuit, and so was the act of wearing a […]