The United States of America celebrates its most patriotic holiday today, July 4, and what better way to show off both your American pride and your horological savvy than by sporting one of the rare special-edition timepieces aimed exclusively at the American market" We rounded up five, including a few that bear the red, white, and blue colors of Old Glory.
Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne is offering a new, highly limited version of the Saxonia Annual Calendar to its devotées in the United States, clad in a 38.5-mm white-gold case, a new gray dial, and a handful of subtle but significant details seen for the first time on a Saxonia watch. Aside from the obvious elements that set this watch apart as distinctive from its non-limited peers ? the gray color of the solid silver dial, the blue, hand-stitched alligator strap ? there are a few touches that are less noticeable at first glance but sure to appeal to the brand?s discerning audience of aficionados. One is on the front of the watch: namely, in the aforementioned ?outsize? date display. For the first time in a Saxonia model, the numerals are in a white font on a gray background, thus harmonizing seamlessly with the dial?s color scheme. The other is on the back side of the exposed movement, Lange’s self-winding L085.1 SAX-O-MAT, where the parts surrounding the embossed A. Lange & Söhne logo on the gold rotor are plated in black rhodium and subsequently finished with a circular graining for a gilded e...