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 Watch of the Year A. LANGE & SOHNE THE LANGE DOUBLE SPLIT |
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In April 2004, a sensational event took place at the Watch Salon in Geneva. The German watch company, A. Lange & S?hne, made a presentation of the Lange Double Split, the world’s first wristwatch with the twin counters of the split chronograph, a real watch within a watch. The split chronograph, or rattrapante mechanism, was invented Louis-Frederick Perelle in 1827. It made it possible to measure the time taken by two objects separately. But A. Lange & S?hne’s model is even cleverer. The Lange Double Split’s 43mm platinum case contains two counters – a main and a secondary. An additional minute-counter makes it possible to measure an event lasting up to 30 minutes – the majority of ordinary chronographs can only measure up to 60 seconds. This function provides the closest possible comparison, which is important for those involved in horse or motor racing. A ‘chronograph within a chronograph’ of this kind has been dreamed about by watchmakers almost since the time of Perelle. For this reason, the brainchild of the German engineers immediately became the brightest star in the chronograph horizon, and its creators won the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve, while the devotees of state-of-the-art watch-making obtained a new fetish. |  |
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