A Personal Opinion On A Few Well Known Brands

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maclerche Skrev:Willy jeg er meget enig i din vurdering af de forskellige brands.
Hvis jeg skal bemærke noget så må det være på A. Lange & sohne.
Ingen tvivl om at de pt. levere det bedste håndværk og finish pt. det er alles vurdering.
Jeg priser mig dog lykkelig for at at de ikke fremstiller biler, computere eller andet isenkram. Deres netop lancerede minute repeater er godt 14mm. Tyk mod f.eks. Vacheron Constantin 8mm. Om det er dårligt design eller andet der spiller ind ved jeg ikke, men kan se at det går igen på de fleste af deres komplikationsure! Det minder lidt om "kejserens nye klæder" måske de bare holder fast i traditioner fra før murens fald.

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I think the size of their calibers and watches has got a lot to do with their handwork tradition . They like to make complications that are robust and able to work for generations to come . They are a german brand who make watches in the glasshutte tradition . Swiss watches are made in another way . Many of the complications made by VC - Patek - AP are in no way robust , and can , and have given many problems to the owners of these watches . And of course the huge repair bills that follow . Lange make watches that are meant to be used everyday and build them after this principle . IWC another german rooted brand do the same with their complication watches . It is well known in the trade that if you want a reliable complication watch that actually keeps working without problems , then buy a IWC or Lange . Building ultra thin calibers will always be a compromise between beauty and strength . Lange could easily build ultra thin complications , but that would go completely against their principles about making watches that actually work without problems for the owners . I would say that if you wanted great reliability and strength in a thinner caliber then you should buy a RM watch . About holding fast in tradition , you are way off the mark . No high end brand in the last 20 years comes even close to the innovations Lange have made in high end watchmaking .