With the Odysseus, A. Lange & Söhne presented its vision of a sporty and elegant luxury watch designed for everyday use three years ago. The sixth watch family of the Glashütte-based German manufacture made its first appearance in a stainless-steel case pressure-tested to twelve bars and featured two large apertures for the weekday and date display, which are indicated in a mechanically digital fashion. This year, a titanium version, which is limited to 250 pieces, is being added, with the lightweight material marking a first for A. Lange & Söhne.
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Equally new is the ice-blue dial color, which is underlined by a refined surface texture. The hour ring is distinguished by fine guilloched grooves that extend in gentle arcs to the hour markers, creating an embedded look.
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The motif is repeated on the scale of the subsidiary seconds dial. The irregularly structured inner surfaces of the main and subsidiary dials contrast with the uniform lines. The argenté-coloured flange ring with the minute scale forms a shadow gap and adds lucidity to the dial. Among the Arabic five-minute numerals in black, the red printed 60 stands out as a refreshing colour accent. The sporty nature of the watch is emphasized by prominent hour and minute hands in the Lange-typical lance shape. Just like the notched baton appliques, they are made of polished white gold and filled with a luminous compound.
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The case has a diameter of 40.5mm and a slender height of 11.1. It contains the self-winding manufacture caliber L155.1 Datomatic, which is visible through the sapphire crystal case back. A skeletonized and partially black-rhodium-plated central rotor with a 950 platinum oscillating weight delivers a powerful winding performance.
When fully wound, the watch boasts a power autonomy of 50 hours. The oscillation system is designed for superb rate stability. For this purpose, the balance beating with a frequency of 28,800 semi-oscillations per hour (4 hertz) has been aerodynamically optimized, with recessed poising screws and firmly suspended beneath the balance bridge. It is manually engraved with a stylised wave pattern. In line with Lange’s philosophy, all parts are lavishly hand-finished and the movement is assembled twice.
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For its first watch with a titanium case, A. Lange & Söhne created a matching bracelet that forms a harmonious entity with the case. Thanks to its precision-stepped, easily operable adjustment mechanism, the length of the closed bracelet can be changed up to seven mm.
The new Odysseus retails for approximately $60,000 when converted to USD.
To learn more, visit A. Lange & Söhne, here.
I can’t believe that people would spend this kind of money on a time only Nautilus or Rolex Daytona, when this is available for the same price
I love everything this brand makes. Simply superb artistry.
This is, by far, the most beautiful sports watch…ever.