2021 Watches & Wonders: A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split Replica In Pink Gold With Blue Dial

2021 Watches & Wonders: A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split Replica In Pink Gold With Blue Dial

When Lange launched the Triple Split Chronograph replica in 2018, it was hailed as a world premiere by the international trade press, taking its famous Double Split to a new level by offering a two-second chronograph that can be measured twice at the same time for up to 12 hours. Now, following in its wake is a A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split Replica 424.037F with a rose gold case and blue dial, a warmer, richer successor to the original's all-silver ambience.

The Case & Dial

The A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split replica watch was never a watch that would fly under the radar as the 43.2mm diameter and 15.6mm height were never destined to be subtle or discreet. The gold case adds to that grandeur as this is a pretty serious watch, both in complexity and in heft.

Despite the wealth of displayed information, an ingenious material and color concept makes it easy to clearly assign each of the ten hands to a specific function. There is no other watch in the world that compares with the Triple Split. It is a logical evolution of the Double Split replica introduced by A. Lange & Söhne replica in 2004. With a precisely jumping rattrapante minute counter, it was no doubt already an impressive milestone in the development of modern rattrapante mechanisms conceived by the Saxon watchmakers. 

The Function

Stopping times of up to twelve hours are possible with the Triple Split that alone is a rarity in a mechanical chronograph. The extension of the rattrapante function to the hour counter offers a multitude of further possibilities. For instance, the Triple Split replica can compare the times of two opponents in a Formula One race, a Tour de France stage, or a marathon. The time measurement is started by pressing the chronograph pusher at 2 o'clock. The pairs of hands now run synchronously until they are separated by pressing the rattrapante pusher at 10 o'clock to perform a lap-time measurement. The three rhodium hands will then stop to display the lap time. All the while, the previously concealed chronograph hands in gold-plated steel or pink gold continue the time measurement. As soon as the rattrapante pusher is pressed again, the rattrapante hands catch up with the chronograph hands and from then on run together with them again. 

The movement is also endowed with a flyback function that involves all three hand pairs as well. Thus, the chronograph can be reset to zero by pressing the chronograph pusher at 4 o’clock during an ongoing time measurement. Releasing the pusher instantly starts a new time measurement. 

In the starting position, the three rhodiumed rattrapante hands are superposed on the respective chronograph hands. The time measurement is started by pressing the chronograph pusher at 2 o'clock. The pairs of hands now run synchronously until they are separated by pressing the rattrapante pusher at 10 o'clock to perform a lap-time measurement. The three rhodiumed hands will then stop to display the lap time. All the while, the previously concealed chronograph hands in gold-plated steel or pink gold continue the time measurement. As soon as the rattrapante pusher is pressed again, the rattrapante hands catch up with the chronograph hands and from then on run together with them again. 

The movement

Technically the new A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split replica features the same calibre L132.1 as the original. The movement alone has 567 parts and is considered one of the most complex chronograph calibres out there. It has the same level of finishing, and like all replica A. Lange & Söhne watches, it has been assembled twice to check its precision and execution. Naturally, all components, from the German silver bridges to the smallest of gears, levers and springs, have been finished and decorated by hand. Bevelled bridges, polished and blued screws, hand-polished chatons, anglage on levers, crisp interior and exterior angles. With every A. Lange & Söhne replica, there’s no compromise when it comes to perfection.

Price

Fitted to a blue alligator leather strap, the A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split Pink Gold replica (ref. 424.037F) comes in a limited edition of 100 pieces, similar to the original of 2018. The price is set at EUR 159,400, including taxes. 

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The Basics

Brand: A. Lange & Söhne

Model: Triple Split replica

Reference Number: 424.037F

Diameter: 43.2mm

Thickness: 15.6mm

Case Material: Pink gold

Dial Color: Blue

Indexes: Applied gold batons

Lume: Yes, at hour markers and on hour and minute hands

Strap/Bracelet: Dark blue leather strap with grey stitching and pink gold deployant buckle

Caliber: L132.1

Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph with 12-hour split-seconds function for hours, minutes, and seconds, power reserve indicator

Diameter: 30.6mm

Thickness: 9.4mm

Power Reserve: 55 hours

Winding: Manually wound

Frequency: 3 Hz (21,600 vph)

Jewels: 46 (5 in screwed gold chatons)

Total Components: 567