A. Lange & Sohne – DATOGRAPH Perpetual Tourbillon Gold Edition

A. Lange & Söhne – SAXONIA DATOGRAPH Perpetual Tourbillon White Gold Limited Edition

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DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON
Reinterpretation of a masterpiece

The unique combination of a flyback chronograph, a perpetual calendar withmoonphases, a tourbillon with stop seconds, and a power-reserve indicator byA. Lange & Söhne presents itself in white gold for the first time, in this edition with apink gold dial.

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The name already suggests the immense technical potential offered by the DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON that was launched in ➡️ 2016: The term DATOGRAPH refers to a flyback chronograph with a precisely jumping minute counter and the typical Lange outsize date. PERPETUAL stands for its perpetual calendar with precisely jumping displays combined with a moon-phase indication calculated to remain accurate for 122.6 years.

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Finally, the TOURBILLON part alludes to the one-minute tourbillon with patented stop seconds that isvisible on the caseback side; it eliminates the influence of gravity on the escapement inside its cage. The well-organised arrangement of the time, calendar and chronograph displays is rounded off with a power-reserve indicator at the end of the tachymeter scale.

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A first 100-watch edition in platinum with a black dial is now followed by a second edition of 100 watches in white gold with a pink-gold dial. The new hue enriches the deliberately reduced spectrum of A. Lange & Söhne with a warmer nuance that creates a pleasant contrast to the cool charisma of the 41.5-millimetre white-gold case and the rhodiumed gold hands andappliques.

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The development of the DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON is powered by an impres-sive success story that began with the presentation of the first DATOGRAPH in 1999. Its rare combination of a classic column-wheel design, a precisely jumping minute counter and theflyback function attracted considerable attention.

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The clearly structured dial layout, in which the Lange outsize date and the two subsidiary dials form an equilateral triangle, gave it the status of a timeless icon. This prominent constellation is echoed by the DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON. Its larger diameter made it possible to enlarge the subsidiary dials that accom-modate the displays of the perpetual calendar. The subsidiary seconds, the day of the week and the day/night indicator are on the left side, while the precisely jumping minute counter, the months, and the leap-year indicator are on the right.

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Three recessed correctors make it possible to adjust the moon phase, the day, and the month separately. A universal button at 10 o'clock advances all calendar displays collectively.

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The sapphire-crystal caseback reveals the L952.2 manufacture calibre that consists of 729 parts. Finished manually down to the last detail, its complexity reflects the ambition of A. Lange & Söhne to continue to redefine the limits of mechanical watchmaking.

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Technical Specifications

Model: Saxonia DATOGRAPH Perpetual Tourbillon Gold
Reference №: 740.056

Limited Edition:  100 watches.

Movement
Lange manufacture calibre L952.2;
Manually wound, crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards, decorated and assembled by hand; precision-adjusted in five positions; plates and bridges made of untreated German silver; balance cock engraved by hand
Movement measures
Diameter: 32.6 millimetres; height: 9.0 millimetres
Movement parts: 729
Bearing jewels: 59
Screwed gold chatons: 5, including one diamond endstone
Escapement: Lever escapement
Oscillator:
Shock-resistant balance with eccentric poising weights,
balance spring manufactured in-house with a frequency of 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour
Power reserve: 50 hours when fully wound
Functions
Hours and minutes; subsidiary seconds dial; Tourbillon with patented stop-seconds;
Chronograph with flyback and precisely jumping minute counter;
Perpetual calendar with outsize date, day of week, month and leap-year display;
Moon-phase display; day/night indicator;
Power-reserve indicator; 50 hours power reserve
Operating elements
Crown for winding the watch and setting the time, two pushers for operating the chronograph, rapid-correction pusher for collectively advancing all calendar displays, one recessed corrector each for adjusting the day of the week, the month and the moon phases
Case
White Gold
Diameter: 41.5 millimetres;
Height: 14.6 millimetres
Crystal and back: Sapphire crystal (Mohs hardness 9)
Dial  Solid pink gold, pink gold
Hands:  Hour and minute hands in rhodiumed gold, luminous; day, month and four-year hands in rhodiumed gold; chronograph sweep seconds hand, subsidiary seconds hand and minute counter hand in  rhodiumed gold
Strap
Hand-stitched alligator leather strap, Brown
Buckle: Lange prong buckle


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SPEAKE-MARIN – LONDON Chronograph Bronze 42 Edition

SPEAKE-MARIN – LONDON Chronograph Bronze 42 Edition - 2019


SIHH 2019 – London Chronograph collection comes back with a new vintage Calibre: the iconic Valjoux 72, with two stunning bronze case models, which revive the myth.

The London Chronograph collection is from now on a recurrent watch collection concept that re-edits iconic vintage movements every year. The use of vintage movements is indeed part of Speake-Marin’s strategy to develop and to exclusively work with exceptional movements.

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For this new limited edition, Speake-Marin pays tribute to one of the most loved chronograph models of the 20th century: the Valjoux 72 Calibre. It will please the watch connoisseurs eager to see one of their favourite chronographs Calibre in a new timepiece. The Valjoux 72 is often seen as the finest manually-wound chronograph ever thanks to its column wheel and its three counters.

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   Issued from the Valjoux 22 base calibre, the Valjoux 72 Calibre appeared in 1938 for the first time with 13 lines. Then, it proposed a very perfect layout for great chronograph legibility:

• Two pushers
• Three sub dials: one for real-time seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour

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The Valjoux 72 was a very popular chronograph movement, used by some of the largest and most successful movement manufacturers such as Rolex and Tag Heuer. In 2016, the auction sale of Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona reached over one million dollars, and is therefore an incredible demonstration of the Valjoux 72 popularity among watch collectors.

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Although these calibres were produced in large quantities in the second part of the 20th century, these movements are very rare nowadays. The movement components used for the London Chronograph were stored in a safe for many years and it took time for Speake-Marin to find working pieces. Once checked, the components have been assembled, decorated and controlled within our Speake-Marin atelier.

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For these two new limited editions, the London Chronograph is housed in a 42mm bronze case with a three-dimensional dial. The dial is indeed in 3 dimensions with 3 floating white counters that indicate 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, real time 60-second counter at 9 o’clock and 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock.

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The chronograph function can be easily read thanks to the orange colour code with the hours counter at 6 o’clock, the minutes counter at 3 o’clock and the central second hands.

Speake-Marin created for the first time its Piccadilly case in bronze to really echo the vintage spirit of the collection. The bronze material that is used to manufacture the case is an alloy of bronze and tin without any chemical treatment, which will generate fast oxidation and will make each timepiece unique. It will bring a natural patina that will enhance the overall London Chronograph look.

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Two dial versions are available: one in blue or one in grey, both have colour gradients to give depth to the dial, a feeling which is strengthened by the 3D bronze indexes. The orange colour of the chronograph function is a tribute to sport racing counters, while the gold colour is used for the Hours Minutes Seconds function.

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Last but not least, the central wheel at the centre of the dial is shaped like the Speake-Marin symbol and rotates with the hours. This central rotor is engraved with “London” and “Chronograph”, two words that appear at 12 o’clock.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: LONDON Chronograph

REFERENCE 42mm: 594208060 - Blue dial
REFERENCE 42mm: 594208010 - Grey dial

Model: LONDON Chronograph Bronze

MOVEMENT
Calibre Valjoux 72, 
Chronograph, mechanical hand-wound movement

FREQUENCY  18.000 beats per hour
JEWELLING  17 jewels
POWER RESERVE  ~ 40 hours
INDICATIONS    
Minutes and seconds indications.
30-minute counter at 3 o’clock
Real time 60-second counter at 9 o’clock.
12-hour counter at 6 o’clock
Central orange chronograph seconds hand.
CASE
Iconic Piccadilly case in bronze (alloy of bronze and tin)
Two pushers for the chronograph
Front sapphire crystal treated with anti-reflective coating.
DIAMETER 42 mm
WATER RESISTANCE 3 bar (30 metres)
DIAL
White three-dimensional dial. Blue or grey face.
Central wheel with the Speake-Marin symbol
Heart-shaped golden steel hands
STRAP & BUCKLE
Beige calf leather - Folding buckle in titanium, bronze aspect

LIMITED EDITION    8 watches for each model

PRICE ON DEMAND   


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