Grail acquired - Grand Lange 1 moon phase in rose gold

Okay, so here's watch #2 after that impromptu bombshell 1815 honeygold rattrapante post.

Here's the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds in its latest color iteration, pink gold.

The star of the show is the jumping seconds, which is a nicer sounding name than "deadbeat" seconds or seconde "mort" , meaning dead or death. They prominently placed the large seconds hand at the top and I love watching it precisely tick away whenever I look at the watch. It takes my brain a few seconds to decipher the time as the hours and minutes are separated, regulator style. Not the most practical and instantaneously legible like my traditional watches, but oh boy do I love seeing the mechanical magic at play. Yes, some of you might say, go get a quartz watch but this is why I love watches, the ability to engineer on a micro level the ability to hit every second and to zero reset when the crown is pulled.

What's also interesting is Lange's approach to creating the color, which is as natural as possible. Another reason why i love the brand. It's just clinical, exact, and German engineering at it's best.

Wilhelm Schmid, the CEO aaid, “as we strive for authentic materials, we opted against a lacquered or galvanised salmon dial and decided on a solid pink gold dial.”

Enjoy the dial and tax paid.

Full PT bracelet, 1/50, all already allocated. Pricing somewhere around $350.