Introducing: A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 '25th Anniversary'

Lange goes big with the seventh edition of the Lange 1 anniversary limited edition collection.

(July 29): Quite possibly the most discreet of Lange 1 upgrades takes centerstage for the collection’s anniversary celebrations this month with the Grand Lange 1 ‘25th anniversary’ commemorative model.

The original Grand Lange 1 was introduced in 2003 and redesigned in 2012. Speaking at the latter's launch, Lange’s director of product development, Anthony de Haas, admitted that if one had attempted to compare the Lange 1 and Grand Lange 1 just by looking at pictures of both watches, he wouldn’t be able to spot the difference. After all, the most ‘obvious’ difference between the two is that the Grand Lange 1’s 40.9mm case is three per cent larger (2.5mm wider) than the Lange 1’s.

However, de Haas also took pains to stress the amount of time and effort his team had spent to “recreate” the Grand Lange 1 for that little bit of heft. Everything, he said, had to be done from scratch, so that the aesthetic and technical proportions of the Grand Lange 1 were right.