The Odysseus interpreted A. Lange & Söhne in 2019 and ensured the first serial-produced luxury sports guard of the brand with an “integrated” steel bracelet and water resistance of 120 m. Thanks to its unique personality and unmistakable provenance, the Odysseus rowed against many stylistic conventions that were built by high-ranking luxury sports clocks. During the watches and miracles in 2025, Lange presented an odysseus that was touched by Midas with a fixed gold housing and bracelet. Let us take a closer look at a breathtaking marriage of beauty and Saxon pragmatism, the wonderful Odysseus Honeygold.
A quick summary of the Odysseus concept and the collection
The maiden voyage of Langes Sechsther Watch family Odysseus presented in 2019 was not just a smooth sailing. Frank Geelen, our editor -in -chief, recommended with mixed reviews, suggested that the best way to understand this clock was to put all prejudices of the luxury sports watch aside that were incarnated by the usual suspects. For the beginning, the Odysseus was not an inspired clock in the 1970s; It was not an ultra-thin model, it had no barrel-shaped case and there was no geometric bezel. Despite his reticence about the choice of name, He Concluded That The Original Personality of the Watch, Its Almost Zeitwerk-ISH DISTLAY WO Framed Windows for the Signature Lange Outsize Date and Day of the Week, Its Incredibly Well-Executed Case and Bracelet, The Superlative Finishes And Robust and Robust Movement with a 50-hour power reserve had consPired to creature a long model through and through that captivated him from the start.
The first steel edition 2019 of the Odysseus
The name of the watch was intended, and like the Greek hero, who fought for decades to return home to Ithaca, the original concept of the Odysseus was fake 15 years earlier.
The mighty Odysseus chronograph
In 2021, the Odysseus reappeared in a white gold housing with a rubber strap (top left), followed by a full-titan edition (top right) in 2022 with a supremacy. Two years ago, the Odysseus Chronograph made another splash, this time of long time's first automatic chronograph movement.
The Odysseus Honeygold
All things are the same, what distinguishes this model is the use of the proprietary gold alloy of long, honeygold. A strictly secret alloy, which was developed for long in 2010 and a unique color with which honey is comparable and is reserved for long the most exclusive timer. Honeygold is tougher than platinum and other gold alloys – and therefore much more difficult to form and end – a subtle and elegant tone that cannot be compared with brazen yellow gold. Like a chameleon, honeygold changes the sound depending on the light and changes from a delicate rose gold to a steamed white gold.
As already mentioned, the Odysseus does not correspond to the usual specifications of luxury sports clocks and does not show any ultra-light profile. Maintaining the original housing size of 40.5 mm diameter x 11 mm thickness ensure a solid gold housing and the bracelet of the odysseus an commanding presence on the wrist. However, the well -executed case and its ergonomics make a major contribution to making this a comfortable but admittedly difficult watch (≈246 grams). For collectors who are used to the light properties of titanium, the weight may be repulsive, but in my books there is nothing more calming or luxurious than the warmth and the weight of a quarter kilos of solid gold on the wrist. Fair enough, it won't work on small wrists, but it looks absolutely stunning on Denis '18 cm wrist.
With its rounded and polished bezel, the asymmetrical housing has a module that flanked the crown. Often confused with crown guards, the Pushers are used to adapt the day and date functions. Like a hood that stretches over the middle of the housing, the elegant polished gold boosts on the side are opened to reveal the round center with brushed and sandblasted surfaces. Although it is a screw crown to ensure the evaluation of 120 meters, it is always a risk to fit a clock with Pushers. To avoid accidents, these are equipped with seals.
The five-link bracelet reflects long commitment to beauty in connection with pragmatism. As a saxon watchmaker par excellence, its watches with practical functions for a long time to make them as user -friendly as possible. The lateral module of this watch is an example, but also the beautiful, rejuvenating 5-link honey bracelet. Although it looks like a fully integrated bracelet, it is attached between the long and powerful tabs and cannot be replaced.
The aesthetic component of the bracelet can be estimated as each of the rounded honey -gold members ended by hand and how the brushed finish contrasts with the brightly polished forces. Pragmatism also plays into play with the ingenious 7 -mm extension system, which is attached to the operating closure. By simply pressure on the as -logo on the closure, the length can be set by 7 mm without having to open the buckle. There is also a similar, apparently easy way to remove connections in the bracelet. Thanks to a small, built -in handle on the underside of the outer links, the links can be driven out with the tool provided, but we did not dare to put it on the test. The only disadvantage of the 7 -mm setting system is that the closure is quite thick.
When Honeygold captures the color of honey, the brown dial calls the taste of chocolate or for cigar lovers, perhaps even the smell of a hand-rolled Cuban Cohiba behavior. The dial adheres to long distinctive design language and has two large, framed windows at 3 and 9 a.m. for the oversized date on two discs and the day of the week, which is arranged with its digital time display similar to how long time is arranged.
Another very valued feature of the day and date ads is its size. The 2.4 -mm height of the white digits for the oversized date and the letters for the weekday are the 2.4 -mm height of the white digits extremely legible. Honeygold is also used to create the Lancet hour and the tiny hands and the prominent indices that are applied to the grooves that are shaped on the chapter ring. In order to emphasize their sporting nature, the indices are treated with luminescence material such as the hour and the tiny hands.
The three -dimensional effect of the dial is achieved with different textures and different heights. The groomed chapter ring rises, for example, over the smooth matt central area of the dial. The small second counter at 6 a.m. cuts into the chapter ring and ahms the design of the main picture with its minted grooves and its matt middle. The dial also has a minute that is printed on the golden flange with a red number 60.
The view from behind shows L155.1 Datomatic automatic movement. As a robust and reliable movement, the Datomatic is available for daily wear and, like all long watches, is assembled twice and manually decorated with superlative craftsmanship. The open platinum rotor with the dating names glides over the untreated German silver bridge with smooth ribs and delivers energy to the mesh springs, which can store 50 hours of electricity. The balance with 28,800 VPH for greater stability is firmly hung under a transverse bridge (instead of the traditional tail) to improve shock resistance and decorated with hand -made waves to cause the water resistance of the clock.
Thoughts & price
In contrast to most interpretations of the luxury sports guard, The Odysseus has an original personality that reflects its rich and clear long heir. The robust build and the movement are designed for everyday life and improved by practical, user -friendly functions such as the Pushers to be hidden date and day and the ingenious expansion system in the closure. The marriage of elegant honeygold and chocolate brown is a match in heaven. However, it is surprising how it is luxurious, but not showy, a quality that cannot be found in the department for solid gold guard. The disadvantage is undoubtedly in its price. The price is limited to 100 pieces on request, but it is sold approximately for approximately in retail 110,000 EUR.
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