A. Lange & Söhne · Odysseus
Odysseus Stainless Steel / Blue / Bracelet
Retail price €28,000 (2020)
Case
Diameter
40.50 mm
Height
11.10 mm
Material
Stainless Steel
Glass
Sapphire
Caseback
Open
Water Resistance
120.00 m
Dial
Color
Blue
Indexes
Stick / Dot
Hands
Alpha
Finish
Matte
Shape
Round
Other
Gender
M
Finish
Matte
Production
2019–present
Movement Specs
Caliber
L155.1
A. Lange & Söhne in-house
Caliber Brand
A. Lange & Söhne
Type
Automatic
Perpetual rotor
Power Reserve
50 h
2.1 days
Frequency
28800 bph
8.0 Hz
Jewels
32
Complications
Date, Day, Big Date, Hours, Minutes, Small Seconds
About the Movement
The L155.1 DATOMATIC is A. Lange & Söhne’s first self-winding movement — the calibre that made the Odysseus possible and that the brand spent years developing before the watch could be announced. The name DATOMATIC, visible on the platinum rotor, combines the date mechanism with automatic winding in a single term. The movement features a unidirectionally winding central rotor with a centrifugal mass in platinum, chosen for its density. At 32.9mm in diameter, the calibre completely fills the Odysseus case, and the sapphire caseback reveals the full extent of its hand-finishing — the same standard applied to every movement A. Lange & Söhne produces, regardless of whether the watch is in stainless steel or precious metal.
About the Family
The Odysseus was introduced in October 2019, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of A. Lange & Söhne’s 1994 relaunch, and represented the most significant departure in the brand’s modern history: its first sports watch and its first watch in stainless steel. For a brand that had worked exclusively in precious metals since 1994, the decision to produce a watch in steel with an integrated bracelet, screw-down crown, and 120-metre water resistance signalled a deliberate expansion of what A. Lange & Söhne could mean to collectors. The L155.1 DATOMATIC calibre — self-winding with a platinum rotor, day display, and outsize date — confirms that the Odysseus is built to the same standards as everything else the brand produces, regardless of case material.
About this reference
The Odysseus marked a deliberate shift for A. Lange & Söhne — the brand’s first sports watch and its first watch in stainless steel, announced in 2019 after decades of working exclusively in precious metals. It is water-resistant to 120 metres, features an integrated bracelet, and is powered by the L155.1 DATOMATIC calibre — a self-winding movement with a platinum central rotor, day display, and the brand’s signature outsize date. The blue dial and steel bracelet give the Odysseus an accessibility that other Lange references deliberately avoid, while the movement finishing through the sapphire caseback confirms this is unmistakably a Glashütte watch. It proved that A. Lange & Söhne could enter a new category entirely on their own terms.
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