A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Lights Up for the Dark
A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Lights Up for the Dark
The new update to the Datograph Up/Down is SuperLuminova. The Datograph Lumen offers up luminous paint on the big date, hands, subdials and tachymeter indication. The glorious green glow of the dial in the dark is timed perfectly for its debut watch launch anniversary (October 24, 1994 if you’re curious). It’s also perfectly timed for Halloween. Anniversary aside, the brand has a sense of humour about staying relevant.
Lange has always aimed for consistency. So it’s not surprising that the Datograph Lumen bears the same design ethos as its luminous siblings. A semi-transparent, black-tinted dial with a coating blocks the UV spectrum of light that charges the SuperLuminova pigment all around, except the details that are meant to be illuminated. Numbers or details are printed after the coating so they don’t shed light. It creates a grand, ethereal effect.
Within the Saxonia family that the chronograph watch belongs to, it’s a renegade of sorts. It has a tachymeter indication and a busier-than-usual design, certainly. But when you try on a Datograph you have the distinct sense that it’s a chronograph first, and time-teller second. It’s part of the watch’s appeal.
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