The dawn of the watchmaking industry in the German state of Saxony began in 1845, when Ferdinand Adolph Lange established his pocketwatch workshop in Glashütte, which was the forerunner of the modern-day A. Lange & Söhne. The company is commemorating this 175th anniversary in its inimitable style, with three special timepieces honoring its founder and namesake, clad in its proprietary and rarely used precious metal alloy, called honey gold. All three “Homage to F.A. Lange” timepieces will be showcased at the upcoming WatchTime Live digital collectors’ event

1815 Thin Honeygold “Homage to F.A. Lange”

The three limited editions all hail from the manufacture’s 1815 family, named for F.A. Lange’s birth year. From simplest to most complicated, they include the 1815 Thin Honeygold, 1815 Rattrapante Honeygold, and 1815 Tourbograph Perpetual Honeygold. The case of the 1815 Thin edition, limited to 175 pieces, measures a modest 38 mm in diameter and earns the “Thin” moniker with its wafer-like profile, just 6.3 mm high. It complements its honey gold case with a two-part white enamel dial, detailed on this special model with dark gray-printed Arabic numerals and bordered by a classical railway minute-track scale.
Honey gold, whose exact composition of materials Lange still keeps shrouded in secrecy, is harder and more scratch-resistant than other 18k gold alloys and identified by the warm sheen of its surface. ...