A. Lange & Söhne ODYSSEUS. Stainless Steel & Titanium. Detailed Review. Wrist- and Pool-Shots.

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The Odysseus opened up a new chapter for A. Lange & Söhne. It layed the foundation for a further watch family: the sixth one. The Odysseus is a sporty-elegant watch for people who admire fine watchmaking but live active lives. The Odysseus was the first Lange watch with a water-resistant case and a screw-down crown, exposed to a test pressure of 12 bar. Three versions do exist so far: stainless steel, white gold and titanium grade 5. In this 4-K-video we show you the new titanium grade 5 and the stainless steel version.

Movement: Lange manufacture calibre L155.1 DATOMATIC®, self-winding, crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards, decorated and assembled by hand; precision-adjusted in five positions; unidirectionally winding central rotor with 950 platinum centrifugal mass; balance bridge engraved by hand

Movement parts: 312

Jewels: 31

Screwed gold chatons: 1

Escapement: Lever escapement

Oscillation system: Shock-resistant cam-poised balance with four poising screws, superior-quality balance spring manufactured in-house, frequency 28,800 A/h (= 4 hertz), precision beat adjustment system with cam and whiplash spring

Power reserve: 50 hours when fully wound

Functions: Time indicated in hours, minutes, and subsidiary seconds with stop seconds; date and day-of-week displays

Operating elements: Screw-down crown for winding the watch and setting the time; two buttons for correcting the date and day

Case dimensions: Diameter: 40.5 millimetres; height: 11.1 millimetres

Movement: Diameter: 32.9 millimetres; height: 6.2 millimetres

Case: Titanium Grade 5 Dial: Brass, ice-blue

Case: Stainless steel. Dial: Brass, dark-blue

Water resistance: To 12 bar (120 metres)

Hands: White gold, hours and minutes luminous

Glass and case-back: Sapphire crystal (Mohs hardness 9)

Bracelet: Titanium/Stainless steel

Clasp: Safety deployant buckle with precision length adjustment mechanism

Titanium = limited edition: 250 watches, engraved edition number, Boutique exclusive

Prices...
Titanium: 55.000 Euro (incl. 19 % VAT)
Stainless Steel: 33.000 Euro (incl. 19 % VAT)

About A. Lange & Söhne
Dresden watchmaker Ferdinand Adolph Lange laid the cornerstone of Saxony’s precision watchmaking industry when he established his manufactory in 1845. His precious pocket watches remain highly coveted among collectors all over the world. The company was expropriated after World War II, and the name A. Lange & Söhne nearly vanished. In 1990, Ferdinand Adolph Lange’s great-grandson Walter Lange had the courage to make a new start. Today, Lange crafts only a few thousand wristwatches - mainly in gold or platinum - per year. They are endowed exclusively with proprietary movements that are lavishly decorated and assembled twice by hand. With 64 manufacture calibres developed since 1994, A. Lange & Söhne has secured a top-tier position in the world of watchmaking. Brand icons such as the LANGE 1 with the first outsize date in a regularly produced wristwatch and the ZEITWERK with its precisely jumping numerals display rank among the company’s great successes. Exceptional complications such as the ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER, the DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON and the TRIPLE SPLIT reflect the manufactory’s determination to achieve ever new pinnacles in horological artistry.