A. Lange & Söhne LANGE 1 TIME ZONE in Pink Gold Case with Grey Dial

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A. Lange & Söhne presents a new 18K pink gold LANGE 1 TIME ZONE watch with a solid silver grey dial (reference 116.033).

The LANGE 1 TIME ZONE watch collection was introduced in 2005. Equipped with an extremely practical second time zone function, it wrote yet another chapter in the successful history of A. Lange & Söhne.

Its off-centre dial layout, the twin mainspring barrel with a power reserve of three days, and the first outsize date in a regularly produced wristwatch inspired an entire industry.

A. Lange & Söhne LANGE 1 TIME ZONE (pink gold version with grey dial)

All these features are embodied in the LANGE 1 TIME ZONE – complemented with an easily adjustable display of the hour in a second time zone. Unlike other watches with a second time zone, it offers a further genuine benefit: an ingenious adjustment mechanism makes it possible to conveniently swap the home time displayed on the large dial and the zone time indicated on the subsidiary dial.

As an alternative to the original combination of an 18-carat pink-gold case with a bright argenté dial, the solid silver dial is now also available in distinguished grey.

A. Lange & Söhne LANGE 1 TIME ZONE (pink gold version with grey dial)

A closer look reveals a second, rather exotic change: A South American president turned the hands of the clock and gave his country a new time zone. His decision to move the time in Venezuela back by half an hour (UTC–4:30) disqualified Caracas as the reference city for Atlantic Standard Time (UTC–4).

This role has now been assumed by Santiago de Chile. The “CARACAS” on city rings – and this applies to all siblings in the LANGE 1 TIME ZONE family – will henceforth be replaced by “SANTIAGO”.

The new pink gold LANGE 1 TIME ZONE watch with silver grey dial features pink gold hands.

Technical details

Model: A. Lange & Söhne LANGE 1 TIME ZONE (pink gold version with grey dial)
Reference: 116.033

Movement
Lange manufacture calibre L031.1, manually wound, crafted, assembled, and decorated by hand to the highest Lange quality standards; precision-adjusted in five positions; twin mainspring barrel; plates and bridges made of untreated German silver; balance cock and intermediate-wheel cock engraved by hand
Number of parts: 417
Jewels: 54
Screwed gold chatons: 4
Escapement: Lever escapement
Balance: Shock resistant; glucydur screw balance, Nivarox balance spring with a frequency of 21,600 semioscillations per hour, whiplash precision index adjuster with patented beat adjustment mechanism
Power reserve: More than 72 hours when fully wound

Functions
Home time with day/night indicator (hours, minutes, small seconds with stop seconds), zone time (hours, minutes) with day/night indicator and city ring, outsize date for home time, power-reserve indicator

Operating elements
Crown for winding the watch and setting the time; a push-piece for switching the outsize date; a push piece for advancing the city ring, synchronised with the hour hand of the zone time display and the day/night indicator for zone time

Case
41.9 x 11 mm, 18-carat pink gold
Movement 34.1 x 6.65 mm
Glass and caseback: Antireflection-coated sapphire crystal (hardness 9)

Dial
Solid silver in grey; gold appliques
Hands: Pink gold

Strap
Hand stitched crocodile strap and Lange prong buckle in solid gold

Also available
Reference 116. 533: 18K rose gold case, Solid silver grey dial with pink gold hands and Rose gold bracelet
Reference 116. 032: 18K rose gold case, Solid silver argenté dial with pink gold and blued steel hands, Brown crocodile strap
Reference 116. 025: Platinum case, Solid silver rhodié dial with rhodium-plated gold and blued steel hands, Black crocodile strap
Reference 116. 021: 18K yellow gold case, Solid silver champagne dial with yellow gold and blued steel hands, Brown crocodile strap

Image Credit: Lange Uhren GmbH