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Introducing The A. Lange & Söhne Little Lange 1 In Pink Gold With A Guilloché Dial

The A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 is kind of a cult favorite (at least of the cult I am in), so I am pretty excited to announce the new pink gold Little Lange 1 with a guilloché dial. Last year, we saw a lot from Lange, including the Saxonia Moon Phase, the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds, the Datograph Perpetual Calendar, the Lange 1 in white gold, and the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar. Phew. Furthermore, just last month the German manufacture released the Lange 1 Moon Phase with hybrid moonphase indicator. Well, this year the Little Lange 1 is getting some attention with a little extra (understated) flair.

The cute, I mean, Little Lange 1 has a 36.8mm case in 18k rose gold and features a brand new silvered dial with radiating guilloché pattern. This is similar to what we saw on the 20th anniversary Lange 1 sets from 2014. The layout is still the same with the iconic off-center main time dial, the nested moonphase/running seconds register, and the famous oversized date windows floating above the power reserve indicator.

The new Little Lange 1 in pink gold with guilloché dial.

The watch is powered by the in-house caliber L121.2, a manually-wound movement based on the brand new standard caliber introduced by Lange two years ago. This movement provides a 72-hour power reserve and a moonphase so accurate that it only needs to be corrected every 122.6 years. The three-quarter plate movement is visible through the sapphire caseback, of course.

Price at launch is €38,500 (approximately $41,059 at time of publishing), with official U.S. Dollar pricing coming later. For more, visit A. Lange & Söhne online.

Introducing The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar

The annual calendar is an interesting complication for A. Lange & Söhne. It is both greatly respected by Lange aficionados and yet it hasn't seemed a huge priority for the manufacture itself over the last few years. Well, say hello to the new 1815 Annual Calendar from A. Lange & Söhne. This one’s a beauty, and it takes the manufacture's annual calendar into very new territory, with some new tech and a new look. It's the Lange you didn't know you wanted. Let's dig right in.

This is the first time we're getting this complication in an 1815 collection watch, and it's perfectly suited to the family. The 40mm case is rendered in pink or white gold the dial shows those signature 1815 numerals and the slim railroad minutes track at the edge.

The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar in pink gold.

The biggest surprise is that Lange’s distinctly arced signature perfectly fills the space usually reserved by the special outsized date complication, with the date instead shown with a hand on the sub-register at nine o'clock (along with the day of the week). Over at three o'clock we have the month display, and at six sits the nested running seconds/moonphase register. If anything, the lack of the outsized date here makes the watch more understated and elegant.

The new Lange manufacture calibre L051.3.

The watch also welcomes a new, manually-wound movement to accommodate the new display. The Lange caliber L051.3 is very compact – including the calendar module under the three-quarter plate it measures only 5.7mm, but the power reserve is nonetheless impressing at 72 hours. It also introduces a few functional updates on the mechanical side – what else, from Lange – including the ability to advance the date with an additional recessed push-piece at two o'clock.

The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar in white gold.

The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar will be available in white and pink gold, with both retailing for €37,500 (approximately $39,915 at time of publishing). Official pricing in U.S. Dollars will not be set until after SIHH.

For more information, visit A. Lange & Söhne online.

Introducing The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Now In A Full Ceramic Case (Including The Bracelet!)

I'm calling it right here and right now, this is the hottest watch of SIHH 2017. I'm not saying it's the best, or the most innovative, or even the most universally loved, but it'll be the hottest, guaranteed. What is it? It's the Royal Oak from AP, in full-on perpetual calendar form, but the case this time? Not steel or any precious metal, but rather matte black, brushed ceramic!

AP says it takes 30 hours to finish the bracelet alone, five times as long as it would on a steel RO.

Now this seems simple enough, right? Nah, not really. Sure, the caliber is the same 5134 found in the existing RO QP, offering a great thin take on a perpetual moonphase with week indicator, but this case, which has long been considered one of the finest in the world of haute horology due to the several different finish types used, in full ceramic, is absolutely unreal.

The watch is powered by the same AP caliber 5134 perpetual calendar.

AP tells us that the case required over 600 hours of research to develop. To give you an idea of how complex this case and bracelet are, it takes roughly six hours to machine, polish, hand-finish, and assemble a steel bracelet for an RO – the ceramic bracelet? Thirty hours. For the exact same procedure!

The ceramic case here is virtually unscratchable, resistant to high temperature, age, and even thermal shocks! The dial here is AP's famous "Grande Tapisserie" in slate grey with black registers. The photorealistic moonphase is against the fully black case is just lovely.

Price should be around $85,000 and while this one is not a true limited edition, expect the ceramic perpetual calendar Royal Oak to be a tough one to get just by virtue of how difficult it is to make. Expect it later this year and reference number here is 26579CE. More details here.

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[SIHH 2017] The New Richard Mille RM50-03 Split-Second Tourbillon Chronograph McLaren F1

Jan 16, 2017,03:00 AM

Richard Mille has finally presented today it first piece from the partnership with the F1 team McLaren.


For this special occasion, the brand has chosen the World's lightest Split-second Tourbillon Chronograph: The RM50-03 McLaren F1.

Indeed the RM50-3 weighs less than 40 grams (including the new strap). FYI, the original RM035 in Aluminum and Magnesium alloy was around the same but with a much simpler movement (hour, minutes and seconds). This shows the huge performance, especially if we consider what is made today in watchmaking.

To the Titanium and Carbon TPT the brand masters, the company has added a new material to help reaching this goal. They call it Graph TPT (usually called Graphene).

The use of this new light and resistant material has been developped with the National Graphene Institute, established at the University of Manchester in 2015, where it was first isolated in 2004 by a professor of the School of Physics and Astronomy (labs shown below).


Graphene is 6 times litgher than steel and 200 times stronger. McLaren is integrating this material as well in their Forumla 1 car as having a lower density (thus lighter) and higher resistance. Even in that field, they still find better carbon-based materials. That's very exciting for people who like those technologies and science.

That's the moment when RM teams worked to apply this new tech to their TPT Carbon. This needs also making improvements on the tools used to craft that hard material, with the right precision.



The case is 44.5 x 49.65 x 16.1 mm and, as you can see on the picture below, it uses the recent RM design for the case with the "notches", used in the RM035-01 -02, RM027-01 and new RM011-03. The hands as well as several elements (scales, counters...) are new in terms of style. The flange is also in Carbon. The crown is made from the design of F1 wheel central screw and the pushers have been also modified and have also this red line that I wasn't used before that way.


The movement uses Titanium as well as Carbon TPT to reach such a lightness while remaining resistant to shocks.

The cage, via a bridge structure instead of a cage fixing the movement to the caseband, is made of Graphene as well.
The lightness of the movement's parts and their very high resistant (Titanium) and finishing helps the mechanism behaving very well in terms of chronometry and energy consumption. The hardness from their material and precise teeth profile allow to reach such a performance.

It has a cost but this is really something stunning in watchmaking standards imho. You can easily imagine that with such harder and lighter material, used not only in a case but also for some movement parts, the timekeeping and reliability is enhanced in a significant way. It allows better machining of the wheels with a higher precision and higher durability.

Added to this, the watch has a Tourbillon that has proven not to be a fragile gimmick but a tool for time accuracy and that has proven to be reliable on the wrist of several professional players.


On the dial you can also see the 70-hour power reserve as well as the torque indicator. The function selector is also on the right side.

Concerning the strap, improvements have also been made as Graphene was also included in its design. It improves elasticity (I was surprised by that) and resistance to wear.

Well, when I saw the teaser I was thinking that using a RM050 wasn't that new (we always have high expectations with RM even thought the RM050 is an incredible watch) and, as I wasn't that fan of the new "notches", I wasn't that excited. However, I must say now that I love it and that it makes it the best of the versions for me (better than the previous Lotus for instance).

The full TPT Carbon case, with the new design (as it is black it is not as visible and brings a very nice touch to this sporty design), the slight touches of colour, I think that the new RM050-03 McLaren F1 has the perfect balance and combination. Some colours at the right place and not too much, the new dial design and balance, the new pushers and of course the amazing caliber wich makes it certainly one of the best out there for a Split-second Tourbillon movement.

The RM 50-03 McLaren F1 will be produced is a 75 pieces limited edition and will be available in Richard Mille boutiques only. Each watch will be accompanied by a 1:5 scale model of the McLaren-Honda racing car driven in 2017 by Double-World Champion Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne.

More about the watch here if you wish (as well as a part concerning the new partnership with McLaren): http://richardmille.com/watch/rm-50-03/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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