A. Lange & Söhne · 1815
1815 40 Pink Gold / Silver
Retail price $25,400 (2015)
Case
Diameter
40.00 mm
Height
8.90 mm
Lug Width
20.00 mm
Material
Rose Gold
Glass
Sapphire
Caseback
Open
Water Resistance
0.00 m
Dial
Color
Silver
Indexes
Arabic Numerals
Hands
Alpha
Shape
Round
Other
Gender
M
Production
2009–present
Movement Specs
Caliber
L051.1
A. Lange & Söhne in-house
Caliber Brand
A. Lange & Söhne
Type
Handwound
Manual winding
Power Reserve
55 h
2.3 days
Frequency
21600 bph
6.0 Hz
Jewels
23
Complications
Hours, Minutes, Small Seconds
About the Movement
The L051.1 is the movement that powers A. Lange & Söhne’s most traditional dress watch — a hand-wound calibre of 188 parts, 23 jewels, and 55 hours of power reserve. It is one of the simplest movements in the Lange catalogue by parts count, but simplicity in this context means each component can be finished to an even higher standard than in a more complex movement. The movement features five screwed gold chatons — decorative settings for the jewel bearings that are a hallmark of traditional German watchmaking — and is regulated to chronometer-level accuracy despite bearing no official certification. The caseback view reveals the characteristic three-quarter plate that covers most of the movement, a layout that originated in 19th-century Glashütte pocket watches.
About the Family
The 1815 takes its name from the birth year of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, who established the Saxon watchmaking tradition in Glashütte in 1845. As A. Lange & Söhne’s purest expression of traditional watchmaking, the 1815 family has always been a time-only design — hours, minutes, and subsidiary seconds — with a dial that references the precision pocket watches Lange produced for scientific and astronomical observatories in the 19th century. The outward chapter ring, railroad minute track, and Arabic numerals are not decorative choices but direct translations of instruments that needed to be read accurately under pressure. The 1815 is the family that most clearly connects the modern brand to its historical origins.
About this reference
The 1815 takes its name from the birth year of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, the founder of the Saxon watchmaking tradition. It is A. Lange & Söhne’s purest dress watch — a three-hand time-only piece with a subsidiary seconds dial, Arabic numerals, and a dial design that has remained essentially unchanged since the brand’s 1994 revival. The pink gold case at 40mm wears with quiet authority, and the silver dial’s outward chapter ring and railroad minute track pay direct homage to the pocket watches Lange produced in the 19th century. The L051.1 calibre is hand-wound, made entirely in Glashütte, and finished to the exacting standards that have defined the brand for 180 years.
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