The
new Zeitwerk watch from A. Lange & Sohne is a beautiful combination
of the brands traditional style and technical accomplishment that the
brand is known for and a new and interesting take on time display. The
extremely high quality mechanical watch is unique for the brand,
straying from the traditional hour and minute display of most luxury
watches and echoing the more modern digital world of timekeeping. When
the creators at Lange began contemplating such a task the question they
asked themselves was “Can the principles of a mechanical watch and a
modern time indication format be persuasively combined?” With an answer
heard around the world Lange introduces Zeitwerk, the first mechanical
wristwatch with a jumping numeral display. 
The
A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk features a brand new in-house movement
L043.1 caliber with a manual wind and a constant force escapement
complication. The movement is made up of 388 parts including 66 jewels. This watch is an impressive movement with not one but two jumping complications, one for the hours and one for the minutes. A
constant force escapement is situated with the balance wheel to ensure
that the same amount of force is released all the time to produce
excellent rate results. The oscillation system has a 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.
The Zeitwerk has a large case which is just under 42 mm wide case but remains only 12.6 mm thick. It is available in four different metals - 18 carat white, yellow, and rose gold as well as platinum. The reason I most admire this watch is the unique dial layout and functionality. Imitating a digital watch with its display of the instantly changing jumping hours and minutes. But
keeping the watch from a completely modern style is the small seconds
dial at 6 o'clock and the power reserve indicator at the top of the
dial. The hands are constructed from rhodiumed gold. The watch is completed by the hand-stitched crocodile strap with a Lange prong buckle in solid gold or platinum.
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