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pam66 · 27 October 2019, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat_ninja

U studied film and such... liberal arts eh.... I’m so not cultured next to u.

Pam66 has convinced me to take the kid to the museum for the first time.

i didn't even know it would be the first time!!!!!

benlee · 27 October 2019, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by anselm

Lange seems to be doing the same as what AP is doing in closing more AD's and going boutique only. This should help resale value. If you look at all of their boutique only pieces, since the amount sold is smaller they have held up better on the resale market. I think they still do need to fix the bracelet but to me that is an easy fix compared to a dial or movement. I will get mine on strap as soon as I can find one that works with it.

AP has shown the way for an alternative form of watch distribution. Direct sales, higher prices, restricted supply and they are doing well. As a result, more and more brands will follow. I think the watch retailers, ie ADs are a dying business. In fact, it has been going on for a while.

Fat_ninja · 27 October 2019, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pam66

i didn't even know it would be the first time!!!!!

1st time. Well go to the Museum of Fine arts in Boston. See if she likes it. I use to go to high school around the corner so I got to go to MFA and the Gardner museum ...

We have been to the children and science museums tho. But those are meh

turborolex · 27 October 2019, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bearxj86

Am starting to think that the VC 4500V blue I ordered that comes with 3 straps at a DISCOUNT is starting to look really amazing compared to this.

I was planning on trying one today. Is 15% off too ambitious?

Fat_ninja · 27 October 2019, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by turborolex

I was planning on trying one today. Is 15% off too ambitious?

Lange is open on madison?

Bearxj86 · 27 October 2019, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by turborolex

I was planning on trying one today. Is 15% off too ambitious?

I got around that. It is a pretty popular watch; I had to squeeze my SA over a course of 2 months to get that so its doable but is on the higher end of an acceptable range.

turborolex · 27 October 2019, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat_ninja

Lange is open on madison?

I’m thinking of trying the VC at WoS Hudson Yards...

turborolex · 27 October 2019, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bearxj86

I got around that. It is a pretty popular watch; I had to squeeze my SA over a course of 2 months to get that so its doable but is on the higher end of an acceptable range.

Thank you!

Fat_ninja · 27 October 2019, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by turborolex

I’m thinking of trying the VC at WoS Hudson Yards...

They have lange? Really OMG I didn’t even know lol and I work there. I’m clueless

turborolex · 27 October 2019, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat_ninja

They have lange? Really OMG I didn’t even know lol and I work there. I’m clueless

The VC overseas, not Lange

Fat_ninja · 27 October 2019, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by turborolex

The VC overseas, not Lange

Oh. Nevermind. U carry on then

mongrelnomoad · 28 October 2019, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by benlee

AP has shown the way for an alternative form of watch distribution. Direct sales, higher prices, restricted supply and they are doing well. As a result, more and more brands will follow. I think the watch retailers, ie ADs are a dying business. In fact, it has been going on for a while.

I know that Lange and VC both have just opened boutiques in London...

... managed by Wempe.

Rolex is run by WoS.

I think the future will see the blurring of the lines between ADs and boutiques.

Reign · 28 October 2019, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by mongrelnomoad

I know that Lange and VC both have just opened boutiques in London...

... managed by Wempe.

Rolex is run by WoS.

I think the future will see the blurring of the lines between ADs and boutiques.

Boutiques are just dedicated showrooms. Your buyer history and cred will still stretch across the AD if you buy from the right AD managed boutiques (of which there are many)

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Mr Naultilus · 28 October 2019, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Reign

Boutiques are just dedicated showrooms. Your buyer history and cred will still stretch across the AD if you buy from the right AD managed boutiques (of which there are many)

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This is very true, they can look you up on the system

watchnerdofficial · 30 October 2019, 07:11 PM

They should have just put an integrated bracelet on a Lange 1! and charge less than $20K

Russell996 · 30 October 2019, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by watchnerdofficial

They should have just put an integrated bracelet on a Lange 1! and charge less than $20K

Would you buy one if they did?

JR16 · 30 October 2019, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by watchnerdofficial

They should have just put an integrated bracelet on a Lange 1! and charge less than $20K

Why would they cut the price of a Lange one by >1/3 after adding a bracelet to it ? If anything they would charge in the upper 30s

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0315 · 1 November 2019, 03:43 AM

i went from:
ugly
eww...the wristband
not bad
cool
want one

who else?

Bearxj86 · 1 November 2019, 04:00 AM

It’s not bad. I can see myself paying no more than $20k for a preowned piece and it being my first Lange

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Originally Posted by 0315

i went from:
ugly
eww...the wristband
not bad
cool
want one

who else?

Fat_ninja · 1 November 2019, 05:29 AM

No

5pastfive · 1 November 2019, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Collector2019

28800 seriously? AP & VC below 20k - only Patek can demand such a price point and it's for their flagship, iconic and most wanted sports watch ref.

ALS missed their opportunity in the 70s' and it's maybe too late for them to ride the sports steel watches train?

In the 70' they were on the other side of the iron curtain and the brand was revived in 1994. However, you are right, I am afraid that Lange does not have the ADN for a sport steel watch and the design seems not very consistent and clear. Regarding the beauty and the finishing of Lange movements, PP is way below and I am Swiss. I have a Lange 1 since 2003 and I were it most of the time caseback. Looking at it you forget the time.

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mongrelnomoad · 1 November 2019, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by 0315

i went from:
ugly
eww...the wristband
not bad
cool
want one

who else?

I really, really like it.

Just wish it was 2mm smaller.

locutus49 · 1 November 2019, 07:56 AM

This is fine if you live in large cosmopolitan cities like NYC, LA, Chicago, and the international counterparts, but this model hurts people who don't live in these cities and will rarely have a chance to try on or buy Haute horology, or even Rolex (although Rolex will likely have boutiques in more areas, affluent areas that is).

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Originally Posted by benlee

AP has shown the way for an alternative form of watch distribution. Direct sales, higher prices, restricted supply and they are doing well. As a result, more and more brands will follow. I think the watch retailers, ie ADs are a dying business. In fact, it has been going on for a while.

mongrelnomoad · 2 November 2019, 03:36 AM

So I tried on the Odysseus today. Initial Impressions:

• This is a very very impressive watch. In the flesh it feels Teutonic and solid, and the detailing is sublime. It is heavy, but not overly so.
• It wore WAY better on my 6” wrists than I expected. I’m still not sure it isn’t too big, but it’s definitely borderline rather than ott. In size it wears similar to a professional 40mm Rolex.
• The asymmetry of the pushers is invisible on the wrist, and the buttons have a deliciously positive 'clack' when pressed.
• The bracelet is incredibly comfortable. Much more so than AP or PP. I think the flexibility was why it didn’t wear quite as big as I expected.
• It’s thick. Thicker than I would have liked, and thicker than a 15202 or a 5711, but definitely not overly thick, or top-heavy. It's very well balanced.
• The dial is gorgeous. The blue isn't a full-on blue, but a silvery, bluey grey that changes with the light.
• The micro-adjustment is really very very clever, as are the easy-to-remove links. I still don't like the clasp, though.
• The crown screws fully in, so it doesn't look at all awkward, unlike in photos.
• The watch looks far far far better on the wrist than in photos.

I talked about the watch for a while with Lange CEO Willhelm Schmidt who was an image of courtesy, despite my being generally bedraggled after a swim around the corner. He reiterated that this is the first of a family, and that exciting things are to be expected in the line's future.

Simon.DGV · 3 November 2019, 06:54 PM

for steel, I think Rolex is still the king. You can wear it to wedding, discuss business, doing some dirty works like debt collecting, attending to demonstrations against 1000 workers.
Patek Nautilus is more like collectible time pieces, not a watch to wear to any occasion; it is when you reached the very top and your time is almost up.

Rolex steel is has over 70 years of history.
Patek Nautilus, AP Royal Oak steel has over 40 years of presence.
Lange steel is still a baby.

Russell996 · 3 November 2019, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Simon.DGV

Patek Nautilus is more like collectible time pieces, not a watch to wear to any occasion; it is when you reached the very top and your time is almost up.

Goodness, I’m older than I thought.

Josh1000 · 3 November 2019, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Russell996

Goodness, I’m older than I thought.

We really need to have that beer before you clock it...tick tock

Russell996 · 3 November 2019, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh1000

We really need to have that beer before you clock it...tick tock

Fat_ninja · 3 November 2019, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Russell996

Goodness, I’m older than I thought.

I couldn’t tell if that was an compliment or insult. Lol
I just want to say I’m not as old as Russell lol

Ichiran · 3 November 2019, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat_ninja

I just want to say I’m not as old as Russell lol

#metoo

30 October 2019, 07:11 PM	#195
watchnerdofficial "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: London Watch: Rolex Batman Posts: 38	They should have just put an integrated bracelet on a Lange 1! and charge less than $20K

1 November 2019, 03:43 AM	#198
0315 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 105	i went from: ugly eww...the wristband not bad cool want one who else?

1 November 2019, 05:29 AM	#200
Fat_ninja Banned Join Date: May 2018 Real Name: Jonathan Location: USA Watch: P-01 Posts: 11,772	No

2 November 2019, 03:36 AM	#204
mongrelnomoad 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Here and there... Posts: 1,852	So I tried on the Odysseus today. Initial Impressions: • This is a very very impressive watch. In the flesh it feels Teutonic and solid, and the detailing is sublime. It is heavy, but not overly so. • It wore WAY better on my 6” wrists than I expected. I’m still not sure it isn’t too big, but it’s definitely borderline rather than ott. In size it wears similar to a professional 40mm Rolex. • The asymmetry of the pushers is invisible on the wrist, and the buttons have a deliciously positive 'clack' when pressed. • The bracelet is incredibly comfortable. Much more so than AP or PP. I think the flexibility was why it didn’t wear quite as big as I expected. • It’s thick. Thicker than I would have liked, and thicker than a 15202 or a 5711, but definitely not overly thick, or top-heavy. It's very well balanced. • The dial is gorgeous. The blue isn't a full-on blue, but a silvery, bluey grey that changes with the light. • The micro-adjustment is really very very clever, as are the easy-to-remove links. I still don't like the clasp, though. • The crown screws fully in, so it doesn't look at all awkward, unlike in photos. • The watch looks far far far better on the wrist than in photos. I talked about the watch for a while with Lange CEO Willhelm Schmidt who was an image of courtesy, despite my being generally bedraggled after a swim around the corner. He reiterated that this is the first of a family, and that exciting things are to be expected in the line's future.

3 November 2019, 06:54 PM	#205
Simon.DGV "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Australia Watch: Patek World Time Posts: 83	for steel, I think Rolex is still the king. You can wear it to wedding, discuss business, doing some dirty works like debt collecting, attending to demonstrations against 1000 workers. Patek Nautilus is more like collectible time pieces, not a watch to wear to any occasion; it is when you reached the very top and your time is almost up. Rolex steel is has over 70 years of history. Patek Nautilus, AP Royal Oak steel has over 40 years of presence. Lange steel is still a baby.

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