A. Lange & Söhne once again demonstrates its mastery of precision and artistry with two new timepieces, the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds and the 1815 Tourbillon.
Richard Lange Jumping Seconds
The Richard Lange Jumping Seconds, with its clean regulator-style dial, conceals three technical highlights: the namesake jumping seconds, a constant-force escapement, and the ZERO-RESET mechanism.
The jumping seconds, a Lange tradition dating back nearly 150 years, advances the large seconds hand in precise one-second intervals using a flirt-and-star mechanism.
To ensure accuracy over its 42-hour power reserve, the constant-force escapement offsets the diminishing torque of the mainspring, maintaining a stable amplitude.
When setting the time, the refined ZERO-RESET function halts the balance, disconnects the train, and resets the seconds hand to zero, enabling the wearer to synchronise the watch to the exact second.
1815 Tourbillon
The 1815 Tourbillon offers a different expression of precision, combining tradition with innovation in a limited edition of just 50 pieces.
Encased in 950 platinum, it features a jet-black grand-feu enamel dial that requires over 100 painstaking steps and several weeks to complete. At six o’clock, the tourbillon cage rotates gracefully, compensating for gravitational effects on the balance and improving rate accuracy.
Lange enhances this traditional complication with two exclusive features: the stop-seconds mechanism, which halts the tourbillon instantly when the crown is pulled, and the ZERO-RESET function, which returns the seconds hand to zero for exact minute alignment.
Every detail speaks of artisanal refinement, from the mirror-polished surfaces of the tourbillon bridge to the hand-chamfered enamel aperture and traditional design codes such as Arabic numerals and the railway-track minute scale.
Viewed together, the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds and the 1815 Tourbillon illustrate A. Lange & Söhne’s enduring philosophy: to advance precision through innovation while honouring the foundations of Saxon watchmaking. One pays tribute to the scientific clarity of the regulator dial and the ingenuity of constant-force mechanics, while the other elevates the poetic elegance of the tourbillon with contemporary functions that make it more precise and more practical.
Both are crafted in limited numbers, finished to the highest standards, and serve as shining examples of how A. Lange & Söhne continues to shape the future of fine watchmaking without losing sight of its past.
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