{"id":49772,"date":"2026-04-16T07:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/49772\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:27:14","slug":"watches-and-wonders-geneva-2026-the-a-lange-sohnes-lange-1-tourbillon-perpetual-calendar-lumen-in-a-new-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/49772\/","title":{"rendered":"Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026: The A.\u00a0Lange\u00a0& S\u00f6hne’s LANGE 1 TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR \u201cLumen” in a New Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

You gotta give props to A. Lange & S\u00f6hne<\/a>. For a showcase at the year’s largest watchmaking event, the big brands tend to be zealous with their novelty releases. Thus, in a ocean of novelties released by a plethora of watch Maisons, A. Lange & S\u00f6hne stands out with two\u2014count ’em\u2014two releases. The output is minimal, but the technicality that goes into the pieces places German watchmaking front and centre.<\/p>\n

LANGE 1 TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR \u201cLumen”<\/p>\n

\"\"LANGE 1 TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR “Lumen” in the day.<\/p>\n

\"\"LANGE 1 TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR “Lumen” in the dark. Unn-TSS,\u00a0unn-TSS, unn-TSS, unn-TSS.<\/p>\n

While the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR model is recognisable by the unique position of its asymmetrical display, the “lumen” edition puts the watch in a completely new light.<\/p>\n

You have the time display is on the right of the watch; the outsized date at 11 o’clock; the moon phase\/day-night indicator at 7; the months ringed the dial; the\u00a0retrograde day-of-week display\u00a0between 7 to 10 o’clock; hell, there’s even the leap year display at 6. You get to see how the magic work\u2014the movements\u2014through a semi-transparent dial.<\/p>\n

Furthering its contrast, the shine of its platinum case accentuates the dark dial and strap (with a quick-lock buckle in 950 platinum). The rhodiumed gold and white hands and appliques stand out from the background. And then comes the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me: the glow.<\/p>\n

While it isn’t the first time A. Lange & S\u00f6hne has played with lumen (DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON HONEYGOLD<\/a> \u201cLumen\u201d), the brand utilised this effect far better, like the stars in the moon-phase display that shine with purpose. Not only do the displays, with their interplay of pieces, showcase a nuanced ambience of light, the dial’s transparency allows UV light to charge the luminous compound of the underlying displays and causes them to glow in the dark.<\/p>\n

Measuring 41.9mm by 13mm, the timepiece comes with a L225.1\u00a0automatic movement, and a 50-hour power reserve. Only 50 pieces are available worldwide.<\/p>\n

SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR<\/p>\n

\"\"SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR; now in white and pink gold.<\/p>\n

The duality of the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON PERPETUAL CALENDAR carries on to the SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR, now in white and pink gold variants. You still have the easy read of the time and date on a legible dial.<\/p>\n

The auxiliary dial showing the day of the week lies at 9 o\u2019clock, the month at 3, the seconds display and moonphase display at 6, while the big date resides in the heavens of the dial. All subdials are bevelled inward.<\/p>\n

Redesigned Baton appliques and the prominent lancet-shaped hands sweep the face. Calendar indications and the moonphase display can be operated with individual correctors or collectively advanced by the pusher at 10 o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n

Measuring 36mm by 9.8mm, the timepiece is powered by a self-winding L207.1 calibre. When fully wound, you’re assured a power reserve of 60 hours.\u00a0A sapphire-crystal caseback becomes a window to moving parts like the hand-engraved balance cock and screwed gold chatons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You gotta give props to A. Lange & S\u00f6hne. For a showcase at the year’s largest watchmaking event,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[28519,65,28477,1233,1746,28052,1747,1748],"class_list":{"0":"post-49772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-geneva","8":"tag-a-lange-sohne","9":"tag-geneva","10":"tag-timepiece","11":"tag-watches","12":"tag-watches-and-wonders","13":"tag-watches-and-wonders-2026","14":"tag-watches-and-wonders-geneva","15":"tag-watches-and-wonders-geneva-2026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116413205459992841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}