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A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Up/Down 'Lumen' Watch
Next year, in 2019, A. Lange & Sohne‘s Datograph will be 20 years old, but ask almost anyone at all and they will say that it remains no less impressive today. It might be too nitpicky to point out that it's difficult to operate in low light, but while a smattering of lume on the dial is enough to tell the time, it is insufficient for the reading the date, much less operating the chronograph. The brand has addressed this with the new A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Up/Down “Lumen,” which is the first Datograph that, I can safely say, can be easily read and operated in the dark. Though, perhaps more importantly, it just looks very cool all “lumed out.”The importance of the Datograph for A. Lange & Sohne cannot be overstated. For sure, it heralded the brand as a serious player in the realm of high-end watchmaking. More notable, though, is that it was the first all-new chronograph movement in years and it prompted Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin
Ludovic Ballouard Upside-Down Watch With Pearl Dial Hands-On
They say you should never meet your heroes, and in regards to the often eccentric characters of horology, the adage may be wiser still. But when it comes to the man behind the Ludovic Ballouard Upside Down watch, it’s worth throwing caution to the wind. We met Ludovic a few weeks ago and went?hands-on with?the top-of-the-range model that sports a mother of pearl dial, making it a stylish watch that grabs your attention – only to later reveal that its?beauty is more than skin deep.The crucial quirk of this watch is a jump-hour mechanism that displays the hours on individual rotating discs. The correct hour is the right way up, while the other eleven rest in the default upside down position. When the minute hand (a single, elegant indicator of blued steel) passes 12 o’clock, the next hour disc rotates to an upright position, while the previous hour indicator snaps back to the default position.