A. Lange & Söhne – RICHARD LANGE - Perpetual Calendar “Terraluna” History
A breath of history
The RICHARD LANGE PERPETUAL
CALENDAR “Terraluna” and its historic role model
There are timepieces whose fascination persists for centuries. Chronometer No.93 crafted by Dresden watchmaker Johann Heinrich Seyffert in 1807 is one of them. His unusual regulator dial inspired the design of the RICHARD LANGE PERPETUAL CALENDAR
“Terraluna”.
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Three rings in a pyramid-shaped arrangement characterise the prominent regulator dial of the RICHARD LANGE PERPETUAL CALENDAR “Terraluna”. The striking design with a separate display for each unit of time dates back to a historic role model: the gold pocket watch No. 93 from the workshop of eminent Saxon watchmaker Johann Heinrich Seyffert.
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The three overlapping circles on its enamel dial indicate the minutes at the top as well as the hours and seconds at the bottom. Today, the watch is on display at the Mathematics and Physics Salon, where Seyffert worked as an inspector from 1801 until 1817.
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At the time, Seyffert was one of the most notable protagonists of precision watchmaking in Saxony. With his achievements and inventions in the domain of chronometry, he deserves credit for furthering an evolution that culminated in the establishment of the first Glashütte watchmaking company by Ferdinand A. Lange in 1845. Apart from members of the Saxon court, his customers also included the likes of Alexander von Humboldt, who relied on a Seyffert pocket chronometer during his noteworthy expedition to South America.
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What the RICHARD LANGE PERPETUAL CALENDAR “Terraluna” shares with Seyffert’s approach to horology is the quest for the ultimate in precision. Technically, it explores new dimensions.
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The precisely-jumping displays of its perpetual calendar are integrated into the dial just as harmoniously as the power-reserve indicator and the first Lange outsize date to be featured in a model of the Richard Lange watch family. The movement side is no less spectacular than the dial.
There, the patented orbital moon-phase display tracks the position of the moon relative to the earth and the sun.
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