A. LANGE & SÖHNE Chronograph with Stopwatch

A. LANGE & SÖHNE Chronograph with Stopwatch

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As an extension of the 1815 watch family, the brand is presenting a further version of the Chronograph model with the stopwatch function. It persuasively combines a white-gold case and a black dial with a pulsimeter scale. A sapphire-crystal caseback reveals the sublime architecture and lavish finissage of the chronograph movement. It provides an enlightening glimpse of the complex switching sequences. Among others, it shows the column wheel that controls the chronograph functions, the levers of the flyback mechanism, and the snail of the precisely jumping minute counter. The escapement is readily visible as well. Hallmarks of the Lange style include the whiplash spring of the precision beat-adjustment system on the hand-engraved balance cock.

The calibre L951.5 movement also powers the new 1815 Chronograph in the 39.5-mm white-gold case. The rhodiumed hands ensure superb legibility against the backdrop of a jet-black solid-silver dial. Heart rates can be determined with the pulsimeter scale on the outer ring of the dial. It is graduated from 40 to 200 beats. When the time for 30 beats is measured, the peripheral scale indicates the heart rate per minute. The personality of this new member of the 1815 family, characterised by contrasts between light and dark, is underscored with a black alligator leather strap and a solid white-gold Lange prong buckle.