A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Outsize Date ref. 105.022

1990 | Yellow gold | Manual | 34.0mm

When A. Lange & Söhne relaunched in 1994, the outsize date was their opening statement — a complication so immediately legible, so visually bold, that it announced the manufacture's return as clearly as any press release could. The Saxonia Outsize Date carries this complication in its purest form: a round case, a clean dial, nothing present that isn't necessary, and the double-aperture date display dominating the lower half of the dial with quiet authority.

Reference 105.022 executes this in 18k yellow gold — a choice that brings warmth to what is otherwise a very precise, very deliberate piece of design. The champagne dial with its applied yellow gold indices and the characteristic Lange typography sits within proportions that remain among the most considered in the manufacture's catalogue. The outsize date aperture, with its two-digit display in complementary sizes, is the detail that rewards daily use: at a glance, from any distance, the date is simply read.

The movement within — calibre L941.1 — is finished in the full German tradition: three-quarter plate in German silver, hand-engraved balance cock, separately screwed gold chatons, blued screws. It is a movement that earns its reputation on every surface simultaneously.

This example comes with its archive extract and original buckle. A Saxonia Outsize Date in yellow gold, documented and complete, represents Lange's founding philosophy in its most direct and enduring expression.