Few watch manufacturers take the precision of their moon-phases as seriously as does A. Lange & Söhne. Last fall, the Saxon haute horologie brand even invited select media guests, including yours truly, to Scottsdale, Arizona for an astronomically themed experience whose centerpiece was the opportunity to learn about the lunar cycles and their effects on the Earth from a seasoned astronomer and to view, under a clear desert sky, landmarks on the moon’s surface through the lens of a powerful telescope. Only afterward was it abundantly clear that Lange’s watchmakers bring to the brand’s lunar indications the same dedication to detail and accuracy as they do to “sexier” complications like chronographs and repeaters. The A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Moon Phase is now available in a white gold case and black dial.
The Saxonia Moon Phase, which debuted in 2016 in rose-gold and white-gold cases with a silvered dial, was touted by A. Lange & Söhne as containing the manufacture?s 16th in-house caliber with a moon-phase. While many of these predecessors? moon-phases were included among a host of other complications, in annual and perpetual calendars throughout the portfolio, the one in the Saxonia Moon Phase was obviously intended to be (slight pun intended) the star, paired up with just one other complication, the big date display at 12 o?clock, a longtime brand hallmark. A new black-dialed version of the watch (with rose-gold and white-gold ...