Marco Lang, the master watchmaker based in Dresden, Germany presents Zweigesicht, a new watch collection launched under his eponymous luxury watch brand.
Marco Lang was the co-founder of Lang & Heyne watch manufacture. In 2001, in partnership with Mirko Heyne, he founded Lang & Heyne. In 2002, Heyne left the company and in 2013, Lang sold the majority of his shares to an investor. In 2019, Lang left Lang & Heyne and in 2020 he founded a new watch atelier in Dresden. Zweigesicht is the debut watch from Atelier Marco Lang.
Zweigesicht is a dual face watch. One side features a silver-plated dial with three centre hands (hour, minute and seconds) and Roman numeral hour markers. On the other side, it displays an eye-catching skeleton dial that allows the view of finely decorated movement.
Limited to 18 pieces, the Zweigesicht watch is available in three case variations: stainless steel, 18 ct rose gold and platinum. Measuring 40mm diameter, the specially constructed watch case maintains a slender profile despite the large 34mm movement beating inside. While wearing, the owner can chose any of the two dials by simply changing the strap attachment.
For this timepiece, Marco-Lang created a special movement, which stands out with flying bridges made of hardened steel. The free four legged balance with gold excenters is inspired by the shape of a Gothic church window. The two series-connected barrels ensure an impressive power reserve of approximately 70 hours.
On the first dial, three centre hands display the time. This white silver-plated dial features a Guilloche middle part with “Clous de Paris” decoration.
The second additional hand mechanism of the movement drives the hours and minutes on a skeletonized, translucent “grand feu” enameled dial. The first dial features pencil hands in blued steel or rose gold where as the second dial features cathedral hands in blued steel.
Technical details
Case
Stainless steel / 18 ct rose gold / platinum
Diameter: 40mm, height 9.5mm (include glass bulge 12.5 mm)
Anti-reflective Sapphire crystal on both front sides
Water resistance 5 bar
Dials
Dial I
White silver-plated, three-part dial with finest Roman numerals and applied golden 5-minute appliqués
Guilloche middle part “Clous de Paris”
Pencil hands in blued steel or rose gold
Dial II
White-fired skeletonized dial in solid silver, covered with blue, translucent enamel “grand feu”
Cathedral hands in blued steel
Movement
Caliber ml-01
Size: Ø 34mm
Height: 4.4 mm (without dials)
Frequency: 3 Hertz (21.600 osz./ hour)
Power reserve: 70 hours
Jewels: 27 rubies, 1 diamond
Balance/escapement: Free four-leg balance with eccenter regulation, blued Breguet hairspring; Lever escapement (20.5) with one-armed balance lever
Displays
Face1: hours, minutes and central seconds
Face2: hours, minutes
Strap
Alligator leather strap, this is covered on the inside with shark leather to increase water resistance
Pin buckle (folding clasp on request)
