A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Luminous Watch
Feb 8, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Luminous Watch
"A mechanical digital watch with jumping indicators for the minutes and hours. Style was totally retro cool, and the mechanics needed to make it work are much more difficult than you can fathom. One thing many people wanted the watch to have was luminous markers. But this was thought impossible given that they could not be charged by the light being hidden under the dial. Well the creative thinkers at Lange found a solution, and they have implemented it here in the new Lange Zeitwerk Luminous watch.
Basically they made the dial out of a tinted (smoked) sapphire crystal. The numerals all have luminant applied to them. The sapphire part of the dial is made so that it is not totally transparent, but light can enter easily to charge the luminant. When the indicators are displayed in the digital windows, they should be able to charge enough, provided that the watch has been exposed to enough light. Thus you have a lume version of the Lange Zeitwerk - clever.
Aside from that the watch retains the features that we love about standard Zeitwerk. It comes in a 42mm wide case in platinum and is part of a limited edition of just 100 pieces. Movement is the highly complex manually wound in-house made A. Lange & Sohne Caliber L043.1, with its double constant force escapements. Functions include the hours and minutes digitally, with a subsidiary seconds dial and a power reserve indicator. A beautiful watch with a great appeal somewhere between luxury gadget and traditional fine timepiece. Price is likely in the $75,000 - $80,000 range."
Feb 8, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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I dont think thats a screw... if you look at the other pic it shows only one screw.
Feb 8, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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It is an aperture where light enters and charges the luminent so the watch will kind of glow.
It looks funny in that second picture but I think it is an optical illusion.
Feb 8, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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This watch is all the rage in every magazine. I think it looks great, and besides that fact that one of the numbers in the 'minutes' side is higher than the other, this thing is a serious engineering marvel. Great $$$$$$ piece for people that can't tell time 
Feb 8, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Funny I am the exact opposite I've always thought they all ran together and were a touch boring. This one looks good to me. It's not worth the 40-50k they will get for it if the list price really is 75-80k but it's a good looking piece.