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The supremely classical A. Lange & Sohne 1815 watch has undergone a subtle enlargement for 2009. While the previous incarnation of the 1815 measured a modest 36mm in diameter, this new edition is aimed more squarely at modern tastes with its 40mm size. A. Lange & Sohne will be offering the revised 1815 watch in rose, yellow or white gold, as well as platinum. Inspired by historic Lange pocket replica watches , the solid silver dials display a "railroad" minute track and subtle Arabic figures. Sapphire crystals are fitted to both front and back. Animating the 2009 A. Lange & Sohne 1815 watch is a new manufacture caliber, which has been specifically conceived to fill the 40mm case. Designated as the calibre L051.1, this handwound 30.6mm movement proudly showcases all the traditional elements which have made A. Lange & Sohne an exemplar of exceptional German haute horlogerie. Such features include German silver plates with a ribbed finish, fireblued screws, a handengraved balance cock with an screwadjustable balance and a shapely, beveled swan neck spring. Five of the movement jewels are borne in gold chatons, which are secured to the plate via a triad of blued screws. Power reserve of the calibre L051.1 is 55 hours. The A. Lange & Sohne 1815 40mm watch in each of its variations is completed by a handstitched strap in crocodile leather. A massive gold or platinum buckle with the Lange signature provides a secure and elegant closure upon the wrist. Using the productive transition from air to sea by using the Supermarine five hundred diving wtches, and now thank you to buyer need, Bremont has introduced that it can be providing an allnew Ship's Clock. The qualified timekeeper is totally an inhouse designincluding the escapementdevised in its entirety with the company's specialized director, Peer Roberts. Roberts has made a contemporary tackle a kind that goes back again about 300 decades, nevertheless the features would talk their functions promptly into a navigator in the 1700s. “Bremont is undoubtedly an English firm, and we have been guided from the English chronometers in the previous. It really is a thing you will find a desire for; we have already got purchasers who've expressed fascination in it. Basically, they desired a Bremont clock to go inside their yachts."Despite the omnipresent, superior, satellitefed navigational products observed on all present day oceangoing craft, the concealed want for allmechanical ship's clocks led Roberts to devise a contemporary tackle what is going to attractiveness for its specialized merits too for the reason that evident retro ingredient. As Roberts wryly factors out, “Should there be an electrical failure, the totally water resistant Bremont clock will continue on to function.”