Lange Zeitwerk Acoustique

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Lange Zeitwerk Acoustique

Brand  : A. Lange & Söhne
Collection  : Lange Zeitwerk
Model  : Lange Zeitwerk Acoustique
Reference  : 145.029
Complement : White Gold
On sale : 2011

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  • Brand  : A. Lange & Söhne
    Collection  : Lange Zeitwerk
    Model  : Lange Zeitwerk Acoustique
    Reference  : 145.029
    Complement : White Gold
    On sale : 2011
    List Price : 108 500 €
    Diameter : 44.2 mm
    Thickness : 13.8 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    High Horology
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : L043.2
    Calibre distinction : Hand decorated
    Hand-engraved
    Assembled by hand
    Complication : Small Seconds
    Power Reserve Indicator
    Jumping Hour
    Stop second mechanism
    Jumping Minute
    'Petite Sonnerie' Striking Mechanism
    Case material : White Gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    hardness 9
    Shape : Round
    Dial : Solid silver
    Open
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Jumping Hours and Minutes numerals
    Gold rhodié hands
    Indexes : Arabic numerals
    Railroad
    Glass : Sapphire
    hardness 9
    Strap material : Crocodile leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    + More characteristics : Movement
    Lange manufacture calibre L043.2
    Precision-adjusted in five positions
    Three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver
    Balance cock engraved by hand
    Constant-force escapement
    Diameter: 36.0mm
    Height: 10.0mm
    528 parts
    78 jewels
    3 screwed gold chatons
    Shock-resistant glucydur balance with eccentric poising weights
    Superior-quality balance spring manufactured in-house with
    patent-pending attachment system (balance spring clamp)
    Frequency:
    18.000 semi-oscillations per hour
    Precision beat adjustment system with lateral setscrew and whiplash spring
    Power reserve: 36 hours when fully wound

    Case
    Crown for winding the watch and setting the time
    Push piece for enabling and disabling the acoustic signal

    Dial
    Time bridge German silver. rhodiumed

    Hand-stitched crocodile strap
    Heavy Lange prong buckle in white gold

DESCRIPTION

  • Glashütte, January 2011
     
    A Resonant Masterpiece: LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME

    Ludwig van Beethoven’s prodigious reputation is due in large measure to his Symphony No. 5 with its four-note fanfare opening. The fate motif now ushers in a new chapter in the history of A. Lange & Söhne: the most recent sibling in the LANGE ZEITWERK family is endowed with a chiming mechanism that is visible in its face. It strikes the quarter-hours with high-pitched tones and the full hours at a lower pitch. Played fast-forward, the result is the famous leitmotif. The LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME is the first Lange wristwatch with an acoustic signature.

    Nearly two years ago, when A. Lange & Söhne announced the beginning of a new epoch with the LANGE ZEITWERK and its unusual design hallmarks, the declared objective was to depart from the beaten track. So it is no coincidence that the first chiming Lange watch is a “ZEITWERK” as well. Additionally, its mechanical design concept offers ideal prerequisites for the integration of a strike train. When the numeral discs are advanced, a sizeable force vector is unleashed, so after the switching cycle, enough energy remains for other purposes. These reserves are now used by the chiming mechanism to tension the springs that actuate the two hammers. They are made of black-polished steel and are integrated in the dial layout on either side of the subsidiary seconds. The one on the left strikes the hours, the one on the right the quarter-hours. The two gongs are also readily discernible: they are suspended in a recess between the dial and the bezel. In quarter-hour intervals, the mechanism triggers a strike on one of the two gongs. A higher-pitched tone signals the quarter-hours and a lower-pitched one sounds at the top of the hour.

    In precision watchmaking, the quarter-hour chime is a rare and decidedly useful function. The ability to turn it on or off is just as welcome: Actuating the push piece at 4 o’clock causes the chiming mechanism to remain mute. The mode is easy to verify, because a glance through the sapphire-crystal glass shows whether or not the hammers are deflected away from the gongs. Incidentally, the hammers are also retracted when the crown is pulled. This allows the time to be set in either direction without activating and inadvertently jamming the chiming mechanism. 

    With its precisely jumping numeric display, the LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME also stands for uncompromising lucidity in style. The large hour and minute numerals in adjacent apertures always deliver an unambiguous reading of the current time. Accompanied by a soft click and hardly perceivable by the human eye, the numerals advance minute by minute, powered by the patented constant-force escapement. The grand jump takes place at the top of the hour when all three numeral discs advance simultaneously by exactly one increment. Now, the captivating progression of time is enriched by an acoustic accent every fifteen minutes.

    Needless to say, the manufacture calibre L043.2 inside the LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME fulfils all expectations that watch lovers around the world associate with the venerable marque A. Lange & Söhne, including the lavish manual decoration of all movement parts as well as the balance wheel with eccentric poising weights and Lange’s proprietary balance spring. The sonorous timepiece comes in a 44.2-millimetre white-gold case with a black dial or in a limited edition of 100 platinum-cased watches with rhodiumed dials.

    With its bold design vocabulary and its exceptional quarter-hour chime, the third stroke of genius that bears the name LANGE ZEITWERK takes centre stage as a resonant masterpiece.
  • Glashütte, January 2011
     
    A Resonant Masterpiece: LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME

    Ludwig van Beethoven’s prodigious reputation is due in large measure to his Symphony No. 5 with its four-note fanfare opening. The fate motif now ushers in a new chapter in the history of A. Lange & Söhne: the most recent sibling in the LANGE ZEITWERK family is endowed with a chiming mechanism that is visible in its face. It strikes the quarter-hours with high-pitched tones and the full hours at a lower pitch. Played fast-forward, the result is the famous leitmotif. The LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME is the first Lange wristwatch with an acoustic signature.

    Nearly two years ago, when A. Lange & Söhne announced the beginning of a new epoch with the LANGE ZEITWERK and its unusual design hallmarks, the declared objective was to depart from the beaten track. So it is no coincidence that the first chiming Lange watch is a “ZEITWERK” as well. Additionally, its mechanical design concept offers ideal prerequisites for the integration of a strike train. When the numeral discs are advanced, a sizeable force vector is unleashed, so after the switching cycle, enough energy remains for other purposes. These reserves are now used by the chiming mechanism to tension the springs that actuate the two hammers. They are made of black-polished steel and are integrated in the dial layout on either side of the subsidiary seconds. The one on the left strikes the hours, the one on the right the quarter-hours. The two gongs are also readily discernible: they are suspended in a recess between the dial and the bezel. In quarter-hour intervals, the mechanism triggers a strike on one of the two gongs. A higher-pitched tone signals the quarter-hours and a lower-pitched one sounds at the top of the hour.

    In precision watchmaking, the quarter-hour chime is a rare and decidedly useful function. The ability to turn it on or off is just as welcome: Actuating the push piece at 4 o’clock causes the chiming mechanism to remain mute. The mode is easy to verify, because a glance through the sapphire-crystal glass shows whether or not the hammers are deflected away from the gongs. Incidentally, the hammers are also retracted when the crown is pulled. This allows the time to be set in either direction without activating and inadvertently jamming the chiming mechanism. 

    With its precisely jumping numeric display, the LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME also stands for uncompromising lucidity in style. The large hour and minute numerals in adjacent apertures always deliver an unambiguous reading of the current time. Accompanied by a soft click and hardly perceivable by the human eye, the numerals advance minute by minute, powered by the patented constant-force escapement. The grand jump takes place at the top of the hour when all three numeral discs advance simultaneously by exactly one increment. Now, the captivating progression of time is enriched by an acoustic accent every fifteen minutes.

    Needless to say, the manufacture calibre L043.2 inside the LANGE ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME fulfils all expectations that watch lovers around the world associate with the venerable marque A. Lange & Söhne, including the lavish manual decoration of all movement parts as well as the balance wheel with eccentric poising weights and Lange’s proprietary balance spring. The sonorous timepiece comes in a 44.2-millimetre white-gold case with a black dial or in a limited edition of 100 platinum-cased watches with rhodiumed dials.

    With its bold design vocabulary and its exceptional quarter-hour chime, the third stroke of genius that bears the name LANGE ZEITWERK takes centre stage as a resonant masterpiece.
  • Brand  : A. Lange & Söhne
    Collection  : Lange Zeitwerk
    Model  : Lange Zeitwerk Acoustique
    Reference  : 145.029
    Complement : White Gold
    On sale : 2011
    List Price : 108 500 €
    Diameter : 44.2 mm
    Thickness : 13.8 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    High Horology
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : L043.2
    Calibre distinction : Hand decorated
    Hand-engraved
    Assembled by hand
    Complication : Small Seconds
    Power Reserve Indicator
    Jumping Hour
    Stop second mechanism
    Jumping Minute
    'Petite Sonnerie' Striking Mechanism
    Case material : White Gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    hardness 9
    Shape : Round
    Dial : Solid silver
    Open
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Jumping Hours and Minutes numerals
    Gold rhodié hands
    Indexes : Arabic numerals
    Railroad
    Glass : Sapphire
    hardness 9
    Strap material : Crocodile leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    More characteristics : Movement
    Lange manufacture calibre L043.2
    Precision-adjusted in five positions
    Three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver
    Balance cock engraved by hand
    Constant-force escapement
    Diameter: 36.0mm
    Height: 10.0mm
    528 parts
    78 jewels
    3 screwed gold chatons
    Shock-resistant glucydur balance with eccentric poising weights
    Superior-quality balance spring manufactured in-house with
    patent-pending attachment system (balance spring clamp)
    Frequency:
    18.000 semi-oscillations per hour
    Precision beat adjustment system with lateral setscrew and whiplash spring
    Power reserve: 36 hours when fully wound

    Case
    Crown for winding the watch and setting the time
    Push piece for enabling and disabling the acoustic signal

    Dial
    Time bridge German silver. rhodiumed

    Hand-stitched crocodile strap
    Heavy Lange prong buckle in white gold