A. Lange & S?hne Unveils its Grand Complication at SIHH
Avid fans and collectors of A. Lange & S?hne are now one step closer to their Holy Grail: the German watch brand announced at the SIHH in Geneva that it will release its long-anticipated Grand Complication wristwatch this year �� and, from the standpoint of complications, it looks to be even more than many expected.For a watch to meet the traditional criteria of a grand complication, it must include, in addition to hours, minutes and seconds, a perpetual calendar, chronograph, and minute repeater. Lange’s Grand Complication goes above and beyond these requirements. Its chiming mechanism includes a grand sonnerie and petit sonnerie in addition to a minute repeater; its chronograph is a monopusher with a split-seconds function and jumping seconds; and its perpetual calendar includes a moon-phase display.The watch’s two hand-wrought gongs produce the sound of the minute repeater and of the hour and quarter-hour strikes. In the grand strike (grande sonnerie) mode, the chimin

Speedmaster Pro display @ Johnson Space Center
I will try to bring a real camera next time...

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