For the third year in a row, German luxury watchmaker A. Lange & Söhne will be among the eclectic lineup of exhibiting brands at WatchTime New York, held this year on October 13-14. (Tickets and details here.) Among the timepieces it will showcase at the event is the new 1815 Annual Calendar, its first annual calendar watch with an analog date function.
A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar in rose gold (Ref. 238.032)

The Saxon manufacture’s first timepiece endowed with an annual calendar complication debuted in its Saxonia family in 2010 (For our in-depth test of that watch, click here). Whereas that watch featured a self-winding movement and an outsize date, this one is powered by a manually wound movement (Caliber L051.3) and indicates the date in an elegant, analog style, on two horizontally aligned subdials. According to A. Lange & Söhne, the watch’s manual winding is “a subtle homage” to the company’s founder and namesake, Ferdinand Adolph Lange, who in 1866 obtained a U.S. patent for the “crown winder” he invented that would eventually come to replace the key-operated winding-and-setting system that was commonplace at the time for watches. A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar in white gold (Ref. 238.026)

 
The watch’s case (in white gold or rose gold) measures 40 mm in diameter and 10.1 mm thick. The argente?-colored dial, made of solid silver, features blued-steel hands, black Arabi...