The Ultimate In Complex Timepieces Lange Zeitwerk Striking Time
Two years ago, Lange’s LANGE ZEITWERK watch conquered the hearts of watch fans with its excellent all-mechanical jumping hour and minute display, and became almost all Lange fans want Lange watch. Today, they have another option: the LANGE ZEITWERK series of timepieces launched at the SIHH Geneva Haute Horlogerie Salon in 2011.
According to Lange, when the digital disk runs forward, it will release a huge force, so it can still provide enough power for other purposes after switching cycles. The stored energy becomes the power of the time signal device, which is used to tighten the spring to drive the two hammers. The hammers made of black polished stainless steel are arranged on the two sides of the small seconds dial of the dial. The left hammer strikes every hour, and the right hammer strikes every quarter of an hour. Two gongs are suspended in a recess between the dial and bezel for easy identification. Every quarter of an hour, the mechanism is activated, striking one of the gongs. Each quarter of the clock will be timed with high-pitched music, and every hour will be clocked with low-pitched music.
In the field of precision watchmaking, clock hour is a very rare but absolutely practical function. Of course, the design of this function is very user-friendly, we can choose to enable or disable this function at any time: press the button at 4 o’clock, the timekeeping device is in a mute state. It is very easy to confirm whether the sound is muted, just look through the sapphire crystal to see if the hammer is off the gong. In addition, when the crown is pulled out, the hammer will return to its original position, so that you can rotate the set time in both directions without activating or accidentally interrupting the time signal device. The watch is also equipped with a precision word display, showing a simple and clear layout style. At 12 o’clock, there is a display window. The large hours and minutes are located next to the display window to make the time display clear. Driven by a patented constant-power escapement, the minute display gradually advances with a slight ticking sound and movements imperceptible to the naked eye. Until the whole hour, the three dials move forward one grid at a time, and the pointer will take a big step forward.
LANGE ZEITWERK ‘STRIKING TIME’ watch is equipped with Lange’s homemade L043.2 movement, equipped with delicate hand-decorated parts, balance wheel with eccentric weights and Lange’s proprietary balance spring. This self-timer timepiece is 44.2 mm wide. In addition to the white gold case with a black dial, a limited edition of 100 platinum cases with a rhodium-plated dial is also available.
This timepiece is the third in the LANGE ZEITWERK series. The first two are classic and LANGE ZEITWERK ‘Luminous’ with translucent dial design with luminous function. They are equipped with the same series of L043.1 movements. With L043.3 movement. The release of the LANGE ZEITWERK ‘STRIKING TIME’ timepiece this time makes the LANGE ZEITWERK product line more abundant, and also provides Lange watch fans with a more playful LANGE ZEITWERK watch.