Zeitwerk Date

148.038

Brand  : A. Lange & Söhne
Collection  : Lange Zeitwerk
Model  : Zeitwerk Date
Reference  : 148.038
Complement : White Gold - Grey Dial - Strap Alligator Leather
On sale : 2019

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  • Brand  : A. Lange & Söhne
    Collection  : Lange Zeitwerk
    Model  : Zeitwerk Date
    Reference  : 148.038
    Complement : White Gold - Grey Dial - Strap Alligator Leather
    On sale : 2019
    List Price : 89 700 €
    Diameter : 44,2 mm
    Thickness : 12,3 mm
    Styles : Classical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : L043.8
    Calibre distinction : Hand decorated
    Time bridge Rhodiumed German silver
    Complication : Heures
    Minutes
    Stop second mechanism
    Date
    Small Seconds
    Jumping Minute
    Case material : White Gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Dial : Solid silver
    Dial color : Grey
    Display : Gold hands
    Rhodiumed hands
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark brown
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    + More characteristics :
    Movement
    Balance cock engraved by hand
    Jumping minutes
    Screwed gold chatons 2
    Lever escapement
    Power reserve 72 hours when fully wound
    Case
    White gold

    Dial
    Solid silver, Grey

    Strap / Buckles
    Hand-stitched alligator leather dark brown
    White-gold prong buckle

DESCRIPTION

  • ZEITWERK DATE

    New roadmap for A. Lange & Söhne’s digital watch

    On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, Lange’s first mechanical wristwatch with a precisely jumping digital display is endowed with a new manufacture calibre featuring a remarkable extra function. The glass ring date of the ZEITWERK DATE shows the current date in red.

    With the presentation of the ZEITWERK in 2009, A. Lange & Söhne started a new era in timekeeping. The prominent face and innovative concept of the first mechanical wristwatch with constant-force escapement and precisely jumping digital displays that indicate the hour and minute with jumping numerals have been commended with multiple awards. Within a fraction of a second, the unique mechanism advances the numeral discs, even simultaneously incrementing all three discs at the top of the hour. Given the controlled release of the forces involved, the ZEITWERK is a genuine “time machine”.

    Ten years later, Lange’s mechanical digital watch welcomes a newly designed movement that incorporates an additional function: The ring-shaped date display, perfectly harmonised with the ZEITWERK design, circles the dial. The ZEITWERK DATE comes in a 44.2-millimetre whitegold case with a grey dial and a red date.

    The circumferential date ring consists of glass with printed numerals from 1 to 31. The current date is displayed in red. To achieve this effect, a small colour segment beneath the date ring performs one step exactly at midnight. So in the course of a month, it moves around the dial by one full revolution. With this arrangement, the date is always clearly legible at all times and also recognisable intuitively. The date display can be adjusted with the corrector at 8 o'clock; the switching impulse is generated when it is released.

    For the developers at Lange, the ZEITWERK is both a challenge and an opportunity. The large numeral discs and the prominent dial with the time bridge make it impossible to integrate a conventional date, let alone an outsize date. That is why they needed a totally new design approach. The precisely jumping ring date matches the ZEITWERK design as a seamless fit with the unusual concept.

    The technical innovations in the ZEITWERK DATE include an additional button at 4 o'clock. It is used to separately advance the hour indication, thus solving a problem that originated in the date display in the first place. Since it calls for a time setting that is accurate to 24 hours, it would take too long to adjust the time via the crown – minute by minute. The integration of the hour button was associated with considerable design modifications. To enable the correction independently of the switching cycles of the movement, a clutch uncouples the hour ring from the jumping numerals mechanism each time the button is pressed. The switching impulse is generated when the button is released.

    The new manually wound calibre L043.8 stands out with its clearly organised movement architecture. What remains is the patented constant-force escapement that handles two tasks. As a remontoir device, it powers the balance with a uniform amount of force for the entire running duration. Additionally, it delivers the one-per-minute impulse for switching the three-disc jumping numerals display.

    The characteristic Lange hallmarks of the ZEITWERK DATE include the lavish finissage of the 516-part movement. A number of its components, for example the engraved ratchet wheel and the filigreed remontoir bridge, can be viewed through the sapphire-crystal caseback.  

  • ZEITWERK DATE

    New roadmap for A. Lange & Söhne’s digital watch

    On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, Lange’s first mechanical wristwatch with a precisely jumping digital display is endowed with a new manufacture calibre featuring a remarkable extra function. The glass ring date of the ZEITWERK DATE shows the current date in red.

    With the presentation of the ZEITWERK in 2009, A. Lange & Söhne started a new era in timekeeping. The prominent face and innovative concept of the first mechanical wristwatch with constant-force escapement and precisely jumping digital displays that indicate the hour and minute with jumping numerals have been commended with multiple awards. Within a fraction of a second, the unique mechanism advances the numeral discs, even simultaneously incrementing all three discs at the top of the hour. Given the controlled release of the forces involved, the ZEITWERK is a genuine “time machine”.

    Ten years later, Lange’s mechanical digital watch welcomes a newly designed movement that incorporates an additional function: The ring-shaped date display, perfectly harmonised with the ZEITWERK design, circles the dial. The ZEITWERK DATE comes in a 44.2-millimetre whitegold case with a grey dial and a red date.

    The circumferential date ring consists of glass with printed numerals from 1 to 31. The current date is displayed in red. To achieve this effect, a small colour segment beneath the date ring performs one step exactly at midnight. So in the course of a month, it moves around the dial by one full revolution. With this arrangement, the date is always clearly legible at all times and also recognisable intuitively. The date display can be adjusted with the corrector at 8 o'clock; the switching impulse is generated when it is released.

    For the developers at Lange, the ZEITWERK is both a challenge and an opportunity. The large numeral discs and the prominent dial with the time bridge make it impossible to integrate a conventional date, let alone an outsize date. That is why they needed a totally new design approach. The precisely jumping ring date matches the ZEITWERK design as a seamless fit with the unusual concept.

    The technical innovations in the ZEITWERK DATE include an additional button at 4 o'clock. It is used to separately advance the hour indication, thus solving a problem that originated in the date display in the first place. Since it calls for a time setting that is accurate to 24 hours, it would take too long to adjust the time via the crown – minute by minute. The integration of the hour button was associated with considerable design modifications. To enable the correction independently of the switching cycles of the movement, a clutch uncouples the hour ring from the jumping numerals mechanism each time the button is pressed. The switching impulse is generated when the button is released.

    The new manually wound calibre L043.8 stands out with its clearly organised movement architecture. What remains is the patented constant-force escapement that handles two tasks. As a remontoir device, it powers the balance with a uniform amount of force for the entire running duration. Additionally, it delivers the one-per-minute impulse for switching the three-disc jumping numerals display.

    The characteristic Lange hallmarks of the ZEITWERK DATE include the lavish finissage of the 516-part movement. A number of its components, for example the engraved ratchet wheel and the filigreed remontoir bridge, can be viewed through the sapphire-crystal caseback.  

  • Brand  : A. Lange & Söhne
    Collection  : Lange Zeitwerk
    Model  : Zeitwerk Date
    Reference  : 148.038
    Complement : White Gold - Grey Dial - Strap Alligator Leather
    On sale : 2019
    List Price : 89 700 €
    Diameter : 44,2 mm
    Thickness : 12,3 mm
    Styles : Classical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : L043.8
    Calibre distinction : Hand decorated
    Time bridge Rhodiumed German silver
    Complication : Heures
    Minutes
    Stop second mechanism
    Date
    Small Seconds
    Jumping Minute
    Case material : White Gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Dial : Solid silver
    Dial color : Grey
    Display : Gold hands
    Rhodiumed hands
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark brown
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    More characteristics :
    Movement
    Balance cock engraved by hand
    Jumping minutes
    Screwed gold chatons 2
    Lever escapement
    Power reserve 72 hours when fully wound
    Case
    White gold

    Dial
    Solid silver, Grey

    Strap / Buckles
    Hand-stitched alligator leather dark brown
    White-gold prong buckle