Corgi Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 2x flying tourbillon? You need serious psychiatric attention Wombat. :D Great collection and I love your taste for things unusual and quirky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieG Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yes, I stand corrected. I am usually guilty of not giving Patek props as their designs have always left me flat and I never pay attention to what they are doing. A lot of my freinds have them and they are always fragile and breaking. But that is another thread... So that is why I always think of Lange with the mini-rotors. BTW, I also had a GO PanomaticReserve. It was nice but I never wore it. Now when I think of GO I always think of the "butterfly" double balance cocks. Man, is that design ever beautiful or what? I've always thought of it as being patekesque since the first micro-rotor I saw was on a patek. I've always been a fan since you get an automatic watch where you can actually see the movement. I traded my GO Panomaticlunar for the Langematik btw and it too had a microrotor. I like micro-rotor watches for the added benefit of knowing they're not reps... not yet anyway. Once they start repping quality micro-rotors, I'll be a buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat247 Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yes, I stand corrected. I am usually guilty of not giving Patek props as their designs have always left me flat and I never pay attention to what they are doing. A lot of my freinds have them and they are always fragile and breaking. But that is another thread... So that is why I always think of Lange with the mini-rotors. BTW, I also had a GO PanomaticReserve. It was nice but I never wore it. Now when I think of GO I always think of the "butterfly" double balance cocks. Man, is that design ever beautiful or what? Here's the back of the langematik... notice how they still hand carve the bridge (a glashutte tradition) but not nearly as intricately as on the GO... also note that the rotor is 18k with a platinum weight... the entire movment is made from German Silver (don't ask me what that means but I think it's some fancy form of nickel) so the watch is deceptively heavy... such a work of art... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieG Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yes, many prefer others to Lange as some feel they are almost too organic and almost imprecise in that way. I love that all the balance cocks are differnet myself. In fact, if you sent your watch to Lange, everyone there almost would be able to tell which engraver did it - and she is probably still there too! And yes, Lange is famous for making all the bridges and plates out of untreated German silver which ages to a golden warm patina over time. Many don't know but the choice for the silver was a regional one. The Saxony government talked Adolph Lange into helping revitalize the area and gave him some subsidy in the beginning to do so. Glashutte sits against the Ore Mountains which used to be a major silver mining center. As that industry waned there were many out of work but fairly skilled laborers. Lange moved there and trained many of the original labor force from the mining industry and decided to use the plentiful silver right on his doorstep when creating his first movements. It stuck and continues today. Neat stuff... Here's the back of the langematik... notice how they still hand carve the bridge (a glashutte tradition) but not nearly as intricately as on the GO... also note that the rotor is 18k with a platinum weight... the entire movment is made from German Silver (don't ask me what that means but I think it's some fancy form of nickel) so the watch is deceptively heavy... such a work of art... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 that's some SERIOUS investment there wombat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat247 Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 And yes, Lange is famous for making all the bridges and plates out of untreated German silver which ages to a golden warm patina over time. Many don't know but the choice for the silver was a regional one. The Saxony government talked Adolph Lange into helping revitalize the area and gave him some subsidy in the beginning to do so. Glashutte sits against the Ore Mountains which used to be a major silver mining center. As that industry waned there were many out of work but fairly skilled laborers. Lange moved there and trained many of the original labor force from the mining industry and decided to use the plentiful silver right on his doorstep when creating his first movements. It stuck and continues today. Neat stuff... German silver is a tarnish resistant alloy of nickel, copper and zinc that resembles silver it's also known as nickel silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieG Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Right, which is why it colors as it ages that way. As opposed to say Sterling Silver which will temporarily tarnish but will not change color as it ages... German silver is a tarnish resistant alloy of nickel, copper and zinc that resembles silver it's also known as nickel silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_r Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Holy Mother of God..... ... and I thought I had a watch problem..... Stunning collection you have there, wombat. I shall bookmark this thread and show it to my wife next time she asks me why I have so many watches..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chino Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 just... impressive. Holly cow... the Choppie LUC, the Nardin and the Lange make a sweet core... and a SD to top it with the cherry. I don't even have the space to store 7 cases! That collection must have a wifey cost... shoes? makeup? designer dresses? bags? jewelry? hope it's just makeup... =) awsome collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossanti Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 i thought u already divorce LOL ..looking awesome..but i would never go near there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 What is missing from your life? This is a silly amount of watches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat247 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 What is missing from your life? This is a silly amount of watches. Douchebags like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milsub5517 Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 lol. do you buy them by the pound??? great pieces there mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat247 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 lol. do you buy them by the pound??? great pieces there mate! I bought them one at a time and had them squirreled throughout the house. Honestly, this is only time I had them all in the same place at the same time. Most of them were purchased out of curiosity more than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seymur Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 holy [censored]!! wow !!what a collection!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relox Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Now I can say: "Look at this" (pointing at your collection). And then... the silence! No complaints! No more "is the postman coming here?"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnomad Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 there's enough there to finance a small army.................................. A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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