I am a ruined man.
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Well, I'm going to be.
The A. Lange & Söhne catalogue dropped through the door today, replete with price list.
It's a large-format hardback book, with lots of fascinating stuff about how their various complications work, and the history of the company. It's a good read. There's lots of pictures of edibly beautiful watches. It's a trial, but the price list keeps you grounded.
And then, just as you think you're doing all right, you're in control, the credit card and other sources of unrepayable finance (i.e. selling the wife, the car, the animals, the kids) are going to remain untouched, there's this:
The b
ds.
The A. Lange & Söhne catalogue dropped through the door today, replete with price list.
It's a large-format hardback book, with lots of fascinating stuff about how their various complications work, and the history of the company. It's a good read. There's lots of pictures of edibly beautiful watches. It's a trial, but the price list keeps you grounded.
And then, just as you think you're doing all right, you're in control, the credit card and other sources of unrepayable finance (i.e. selling the wife, the car, the animals, the kids) are going to remain untouched, there's this:
The b
ds.Apologies for crappy pic. I don't have a scanner.
Edited by CommanderJameson on Wednesday 31st December 14:02
)! tertius said:
deevlash said:
whilst thats lovely the anodised bits make it look like a 1990's mountain bike.
If you are referring to the screws - they aren't anodised but heat blued.
deevlash said:
tertius said:
deevlash said:
whilst thats lovely the anodised bits make it look like a 1990's mountain bike.
If you are referring to the screws - they aren't anodised but heat blued.People wot make watches said:
Blued Screws: Steel parts are slowly and cautiously heated (annealed) to about 300°C. This process coats the metal with an extremely thin, shimmering film of cornflower-blue magnetite.
Edited by CommanderJameson on Wednesday 31st December 15:26
The pink bits are the 'jewels', or jewel bearings, although they are (mostly?) synthetic now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_bearing
The blue bits are 'blued' steel, made as already mentioned by heating the metal in a mixture of chemicals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blued_steel
I was an anodised metal junkie in my mb days too! Although never really had the legs for lycra!!
PS - It looks gorgeous CJ!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_bearing
The blue bits are 'blued' steel, made as already mentioned by heating the metal in a mixture of chemicals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blued_steel
I was an anodised metal junkie in my mb days too! Although never really had the legs for lycra!!
PS - It looks gorgeous CJ!
Edited by Revs_Addiction on Wednesday 31st December 15:22
deevlash said:
tertius said:
deevlash said:
whilst thats lovely the anodised bits make it look like a 1990's mountain bike.
If you are referring to the screws - they aren't anodised but heat blued.Really they aren't anodised, they may conceivably be chemically blued but I'm pretty sure Lange will use heat bluing, and as posted above the "pink bits" are jewels, used as bearings.
The use of both bluing and jewels in watchmaking somewhat predates mountain biking ...
tertius said:
deevlash said:
tertius said:
deevlash said:
whilst thats lovely the anodised bits make it look like a 1990's mountain bike.
If you are referring to the screws - they aren't anodised but heat blued.Really they aren't anodised, they may conceivably be chemically blued but I'm pretty sure Lange will use heat bluing, and as posted above the "pink bits" are jewels, used as bearings.
The use of both bluing and jewels in watchmaking somewhat predates mountain biking ...
heat blueing isnt something Ive seen achieve such a uniformity of colour before so I now have something else I cant afford, to desire! (thanks CJ!)CommanderJameson said:
Funk said:
CJ, what sort of financial damage are we talking about here..?
There is nothing on the price-list less than £8,700; the Datograph, the innards of which are illustrated above, starts at £28,700. 
I couldn't spend sports car money on a watch, no matter how nice it is!
CommanderJameson said:
Funk said:
CJ, what sort of financial damage are we talking about here..?
There is nothing on the price-list less than £8,700; the Datograph, the innards of which are illustrated above, starts at £28,700. Gassing Station | Watches | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff