My buying & wearing experience after 6 months: A.Lange & Söhne Odysseus in stainless steel

In February, I bought myself an A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus in stainless steel - which makes me one of the lucky few…

Beyond some wrist shots on Instagram, and some brief, initial thoughts shared there’s an absence of actual owners who have taken the time to go into any detail and to share their personal experiences of buying, owning and wearing an Odysseus, over time.

And as someone who loves watches, I had many questions and there were many things that I wondered about BEFORE deciding to buy the Odysseus and then many more questions before I’d had a chance to spend any real time wearing it.

So having bought, lived with & now worn the Odysseus in stainless steel for around 6 months, I thought I’d make my first YouTube video to talk about the things that I wanted to know and also what it’s like to own one…

By way of introduction, I’m just a guy who loves watches. I’m an amateur. A private watch enthusiast - hence my Instagram account @watchenthusiastlondon
I’m not a blogger & I certainly don’t have any fancy equipment; to make this video I have copied footage and images used by others - I hope they’ll forgive me - alongside some of my own.

In this video I’m going to talk about my own personal experiences as an owner. For ease of reference, there’s an index in the description below under broad topic headings, so you can go directly to the sections that interest you most.

Video Index

01:00 Credits to Hodinkee, Watch Advisor, Watchfinder & Co. and Monochrome

01:26 Before I owned the Odysseus

02:28 My buying experience

07:56 My first two weeks with the Odysseus
09:08 Initial thoughts and feelings - Day 1
13:26 Day 2 - Tighter or looser ?
14:58 Day 3
15:49 Day 4
16:30 Day 5
17:42 Day 6
19:24 Day 7
20:33 Day 8
21:16 Day 9 - comparison with my Rolex Explorer MK1
22:40 Day 10 - day / date pushers
23:22 Day 11 - the initial Odysseus with removable end links
25:22 Day 12
26:50 Day 13
27:43 Day 14
27:58 Day 15

28:32 The months since

33:09 The Odysseus in Titanium and my experience having enquired about buying one

35:50 Bespoke watch strap for my stainless steel Odysseus with fixed end links & how I managed to fix the strap to my watch

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