The Strangest Lange? A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds Review with CHRONEXT
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- In my opinion, the A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds is the most unusual watch made by this German watch firm. It isn't their most expensive watch nor is it their most complicated. However, unlike other models, it presents a seemingly simple package for a high price thus leading one to ask: why is this watch so special at the very pinnacle of luxury watchmaking?
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never ever thought I would appreciate the look of quartz ticking! wow to Lange.
ART for Art's sake? Possibly the best example of that premise in all of watchmaking.
Oh my lord I'm in love with Lange. What a stunning video.... the way that silver glows with orange and blue and copper... it's just so mesmerising..... if only it was 7k not 70k!! Ha ha the only one I'd ever be able to have is a Saxonia probably... after quite a few years.... maybe good things come to those who wait
... and that dial!!! It's just astonishing
The quality of your videos are getting better and better keep up the good work
Jumping seconds are such an awesome flex. Spend a bunch of effort to make a high end mechanical watch tick like a cheap quartz watch. The sheer pointlessness of it amuses me.
Its an irony that the jumping seconds have now come full circle (pun intended) from the cheapest quartz watch to now a hallmark complication in a mechanical watch. Just goes to show its now all about process and not so much about telling the time.
"Jumping seconds" - or rather deadbeat seconds - were always a very desirable complication since its inception in the 18th century, as it was seen as more precise. The difficulty of adding the complication to a mechanical watch without computer assisted design meant it was also a very rare one and only seen in the most expensive watches. Even today, with CAD, they are still expensive to implement. Most mechanical watches have a sweeping seconds not because its more desirable, but because of how difficult and costly it was to implement deadbeat seconds.
Quartz watches implemented a "jumping second" for precisely the same reason. The beat of a quartz watch is determined by its stepping motor, which is set to 60 beat "jumps". Quartz stepping motors could easily be set to more, and can exceed the sweep of a mechanical watch without significant added cost. A few do it - namely Bulova and a few of Mondaine's railway watches/clocks - but most don't because jumping seconds are more precise.
Jumping seconds long pre-date quartz my guy. Always was desirable.
Really appreciate the educational quality of your videos
I'm sure you have been asked this before but, why is the Zodiac Sea Wolf running backwards in your introduction?
Great review! Thanks.
Thanks for introducing me to Chronext.
The dial is beautiful! Such precise printing, even with macro photography, is fabulous. But 'jumping' seconds on a mechanical watch?
No, just no. That says quartz to me. I have nothing against quartz watches, but I would not pay A. Lange & Sohne money for this watch for this reason.
Gonna see R. Habring in Jan i guess, gonna interview him about that :) have fun, person that made me buy more watches than i ever wanted..
WHATS THE NAME OF THE WATCH MENTIONED AT 1:48 ? HAPERIN... ??
Habering
Interesting piece. Enjoyed it. Wear your pieces in good health. Regards.
It's sublime....as you would expect from Lange
Lovely regulator design. Obscene price for a simple complication, though undoubtedly a beautiful movement (like most Langes). Mucky lug weld at 5.03 though. Just saying! But, best thing - that power indicator.
One of the definitions of art is that it should be of no practical use. This dead beat seconds falls neatly into that category, so watchmaking can indeed be art.
I can not afford this Lange, but I am happy to know that Habring2 makes the Felix Foudroyante which is within my reach financially.
My pick of the bunch is the pointer date, shown in this picture:
www.habring2.com/images/habring/watches/foudroyante_2016/2-Foudroyante_Felix_Date.jpg
This truly is a connoisseurs watch, nothing for plebeians. I would totally jump in awe if i saw someone wearing one.
I thought one of the main attractions of an automatic watch was the sweeping seconds hand. This complication just seems pointless and detracts from the watch.
By that logic I guess a cheap quartz watch with a sweeping seconds movement like the Seiko VH31 is just about as appealing as a mechanical watch since the sweeping seconds hand is a main attraction.
Why would you want to eliminate the beautiful sweeping second hand of a mechanical watch to make it look like a Quartz watch? Ewww
Diamond jewel, wow 👍
That quartz Lange probably is cheap 😂.
Refreshing to see watch content no Rolex.
Thanks 👌
ROLEX make me sick what a horrible customer service 🤢
When I look at this watch, and most Lange, I'm reminded of that Dolly quote, it takes a lot of money to look this cheap. Looks like a Swatch homage, in my opinion.
So what swatch looks like that?
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AAAAAAAAAAAA++++++++++ TY Sir great video
I'd rather see the case back, far more interesting thant the front ! Weird watch, not even quartz accuracy even though it looks like one
It looks like a cheaper version of the high end Nomos Lambda.