Holy Grail Dress Watches - The Art of A.Lange & Söhne

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[@shaneheg]

There are few brands where you would want EVERY SINGLE WATCH.

[@dariodeagostini]

this is the only one that comes to my mind. Even JLC is not 100% desiderable. L&S is just insanely amazing on every single watch

[@shaneheg]

@@byronfiler2193 I'd even throw in the Odysseus just because you know it mightn't be perfect but it's still Lange...

[@shaneheg]

@@dariodeagostini Even as I posted it I realised I couldn't think of another brand where I'd want absolutely everything in their collection.

[@gpearce11]

Shane Hegarty You’re definitely not wrong. I think a large part is because every model is different enough you’d be happy to have all of them at the same time. If you look at some of its competitors, such as Vacheron Constantine or Patek, there’s a lot of overlap in model lines, particularly with dress watches (probably worst with VC). For example, if you want a VC dress watch, you want a Patrimony, a Traditionelle, or a Malte, but you probably don’t want all three. By comparison I’d be happy with having a Lange 1, a Saxonia and an 1815 in the same collection. Heck, there’s even enough diversity within each model line to the point you could build a full collection of only Saxonias, L1s, or 1815s.

[@shaneheg]

@@gpearce11 Absolutely. There's a continuity of design ethic throughout Lange, yet each model is so distinctive.

[@cedarcanoe]

A.Lange& Söhne would be my choice over Patek, Breguet and Journe if I was in the market for a high-end piece. Great video

[@MrRoyck10]

I am a simple man, I love haute horology, I see A Lange, I click like. Simple.

[@jal2550]

A.L&S is my favorite brand. Just perfect.

[@greaterbayareahero1401]

Great video. This is one of the best video on Lange. After all the deliberations we always come back to Lange because nothing really compares. Complicated inside but understated outside.

[@Thomas_Burnett]

“One of the most aspirational pieces you could ever look for.” You put it so well my friend. Yet another great video here. Glad that you’re over the cold now. ✊

[@scott7008]

The one watch, i would die for...Lange&Sohne , its my dream..

[@Guenounovitch]

Such a calm and beautiful video. I really enjoyed it, great work

[@juniortoledo8088]

Excellent video, as an owner of an ALS, I'm glad I subscribed to this channel. Great content.

[@timgreen6952]

Love, love, love this video! And i fully agree with you about the 1815 chrono...IT WILL BE MINE

[@oneal14attnet]

Another great video! Lange is such an amazing company. The integrity of their pieces is amazing. It’s my next purchase. I’m sold!!

[@antg.3846]

Great write up on Lange! I wish I could have them all!

[@Zeppelin180]

1815 chrono is my grail. Just perfection

[@jiajianhou426]

I just want a Saxonia with the pure white dial, small second, hand wound. simply perfect.

[@vamvra5498]

This video deserves more views; really excellent; thanks.

[@pilotstyle123]

Clymer and I dont agree on much but we are on the same page when he says that lange makes the best watches in the world

[@TrivoMarjanovic]

There are some independent watchmakers that are on the same level i think. But from the big brands yes indeed.

[@davidgriffiths8720]

Great video once again. For me I'm not a massive fan but the first watch you described was my favourite. Just the back of case is a work of art in itself. Nice simple design and as you say it goes under the radar. Some will say if I'm spending this much on a watch I want it to be noticed.but a classic watch in my eyes should fly under the radar.

[@blueshirtbuddah1665]

Another absolutely outstanding video ID Guy! A. Lange & Sohne are one of my favorite brands. I got a chance to get up close and personal with them at Watch Time NY back in October. I was able to try on the Datograph and a Zeitwerk. I was totally blown away by the finishing on these watches. Unfortunately I wasn't able to try the 1815 or the Lange 1 on but I am going to go to the Lange Boutique in Manhattan and do so. Maybe one day I can add one of these grail level pieces to my collection.

[@titor8017]

This was a very enjoyable, as well as informative as it can get on KZbin. Thanks for this one. Really great 👍🏼 video

[@yuvalmor7594]

Great video! To me the saxonia thin is the best dress watch, it is so minimal in the front but when you turn it around you discover a whole world inside such a small space, it is in my top 3 right next to the journe c.b and the mb&f thunderdome

[@vaughanatkinson8421]

Great vid with superb content. The Lange 1 is my grail watch!

[@pintthereof4598]

You note on the Saxonia the printed logo. They actually choose the space in between each letter. It’s not just a standard font type you could find in Word or something. Found that a really interesting point when I found out .

[@adyyzels]

Elegant+some practicalities.. love the germans design..

[@atothek302]

They’re all so beautiful; such clean, but still interesting and elegant design. Lange is on its game.

[@nekeke1]

A. L. & S.: Wonderful!.

[@markboland2545]

A perfect watch...miles ahead of any brand out there....

[@andycorso8498]

Spot on, especially the comment about not being cheated if you bought a lower priced model.......I like all of them but the reality is that They don’t fit into my life but yes apirational

[@gpearce11]

Andy Corso The finishing is probably the best part about Lange. They’ve be very clear from the start, when you pay more for a different models compared to others, you are never paying for better finishing. Rather, you only ever pay for extra complications. I feel VC could stand to follow their lead, as the vast majority of VC models are Geneva Seal certified, but some cheaper models aren’t (most notably the basic FiftySix), and it brings down the whole brand’s prestige, at least compared to if they could legitimately claim to be “Entirely Geneva Seal Certified”, as probably the only major brand to be so.

[@andycorso8498]

Good point, not a fan of VC ........too much Maltese cross theme plastered over everything......

[@brianandrews8574]

Yet I just love the watch and it’s beauty I will send it back to Lange too get it fixed

[@mannixj5186]

So cool, understated and magnificent, a make I really to add to my collection.

[@tippykaffu4047]

I would say it is overrated in the watch community but it is underrated in the public. I found many people to be overestimating the watch like saying Lange is the perfect watch and things.

[@oneal14attnet]

I agree to an extent about the watch community “overrating” Lange. Few voices doubt Lange’s prowess, but fewer watch lovers buy them. The general public doesn’t know they exist (like many other watch companies). Rolex and Patek seem to suck the oxygen from the room. Lange needs both enthusiasts and marketing to increase brand awareness. Chicago just received its first Lange Boutique. We need to see more of them in the wild!

[@kevinjamesdawes7223]

They do simple / complicated like no other maker

[@enriqueali]

What beautiful movement?! It's mostly covered up by the 3/4 plate!!

[@sarahgoldfarb913]

"Many people dedicate their lives to understanding Lange watches" 🤣 Is this true? At the Lange Watch Seminary in the Alps? Perhaps you could say this of some designers and engineers at the company.

[@gsmarchand]

The best thing about Lange watches is.... Normally to me the dial color either makes or breaks a watch, but not with Lange.

[@MarcusGLovesWatches]

Now that’s the real Holy Trinity !!

[@cedarcanoe]

Marcus G holy trinity is marketing of past realisations. This is real beauty and craftmanship of today. Just compare the achievements of inhouse design (neglect G.Genta) and be stunned of the really poor designs of PP, AP and VC.

[@MarcusGLovesWatches]

Cedar Canoe yah I know - was a little tongue in cheek lol :)

[@DonLee1980]

damn it. Lange makes some of the best watches, full stop.

[@captnagrom8178]

I'm fairly new to watch appreciation and its variety ... These are so beautiful ... The higher complications have a "Victorian" look to their design ... A "Jules Verne " character If you understand me ... I find their measured beauty oddly calming ...

[@BoyInStyle]

A Lange is awesome

[@ronchan8843]

Great video 👍👍

[@malikshabazz7596]

What can I say A.Lange & Sohne makes the most beautiful watches, The Germans beat the Swiss to me respect in every aspect to A.Lange & Sohne you got it more than right.

[@jcbsplace]

Yes, I think we agreed last week in your AP video that a Lange was the shizz. Great follow on video. When I make partner I know where I’ll be going...

[@SpydieFan]

Fantastic video. Would love to see your thoughts on Rjchard Lange line, was a little disappointed not to see that model line featured.

[@on_spikes6867]

id love to see a 1815 chrono with a big date

[@zzeuss87]

That would pretty much be a Datograph. The model with perpetual calendar is maybe my pick of anything on the market. I'm never going to spend that level of cash on a wristwatch, but I appreciate its existence.

[@ObadaBarry]

Great video! Thank you!

[@rpsingapore2005]

These stand at the top - sit down Patek

[@daledevernon56]

Lange 1 my grail watch, black dial. Love the Zietwerk, but intimidating. Saxonia thin blue copper dial, dare I say rivals FP Journe chronometre bleu. Still think A. Lange & Sohne should be in the trinity.

[@LilaKuhJunge]

At around 150k a piece, theZeitwerk is nice to wear if you have some security staffers around... I mean - your *personal* security staffers...

[@nebuchadnezzar47]

I'm german and the way u said "Zeitwerk" made me think its called "Zoidberg" for a second and I had to look it up in the discription LMAO

[@mephistox5784]

One day I hope.

[@thawasly]

Zeitwerk Minute repeater? Oder Zeitwerk Striking time? Danke

[@lengman2112]

13:30 you feel cheated by getting a simpler movement Jaeger Reverso?

[@abiromu]

I'll see your 1815 chronograph and raise you a Lange Datograph. This and the JLC Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpetuel are the 2 best and most beautiful watches in the world at the moment, in my opinion.

[@TrivoMarjanovic]

That first watch is just to plain for that price. Beyond that i love every watch they made. The 1815 chronograph is amazing. The zeitwork and the perpetual calender are my favorite. And i will hurt some people. The lange 1 is by far not my holy grail.

[@csnoopy]

Is there a watch from AL&S that ISN’T a beautiful masterpiece? That being said, my grail watch is the Langematic Perpetual 310.026

[@Watchatete]

And how does the new Odysseus join the line up. Or is it a miss and should never be included in this line-up???

[@tippykaffu4047]

Lange is amazing. However, Glashutte Original gives you a Senator Chronometer tourbillion in platinum for a price of a simple Saxonia. You should check them out. They are the best value watches of all time. While we are on a topic of German watches, I think you should make a video about all Bauhaus watches, including Nomos and Junghans together. I really love Junghan's chronoscope. Wait, how about a stream on German watches?

[@user-dr7tb4xf4o]

Tippy Kaffu while I don't disagree that GO offers good value, I'm not sure if you're being serious but there's no way a GO platinum tourbillon is the same price as a simple Saxonia.

[@tippykaffu4047]

@@user-dr7tb4xf4o GO tourbillion costs around $20K. And its face is full of engraving. Edit: wait nvm, its $200k

[@user-dr7tb4xf4o]

Tippy Kaffu hahaha, don't we all wish we could take out some zeros from those prices so we could afford the darn things.

[@tippykaffu4047]

@@user-dr7tb4xf4o You could still buy the ordinary GO Senator Chronometer in rose gold, a stronger german engineering, for the same price.

[@leyay7540]

@@tippykaffu4047 The Senator Chronometer is a great watch with very special mechanisms, but its finishing is just not at the same level as Saxonia.

[@tk423b]

That’s the grail.

[@antg.3846]

Saxonia Thin or Patek 5196?

[@leyay7540]

Isn't there a big price difference between these two?

[@jamrollz]

I'm an Architect, I love ALS but I don't like Lange1 lol.

[@mikehoward9912]

I would give a kidney for a Datograph.

[@brianandrews8574]

I have a Lange 1 with blue dial I bought second hand and the winder fell out

[@blitzlizard4872]

I don't care for the term of Grail or Holy Grail unless it's the Monty Python movie.

[@Aggnog]

Good video, but chronographs are not dress watches.

[@leyay7540]

The truncated 5&7(esp. 7) of 1815 up&down really bug me a lot.