You’d think that after hundreds of years of watchmaking, there’d be no new mechanical complications left to develop…

But you’d be mistaken! A. Lange & Söhne’s Zeitwerk Striking Time is the world’s first mechanical watch with a visible striking mechanism and a ‘digital’ jumping numerical display. Repeating wristwatches — which audibly sound the time upon activation — are rare enough, even among today’s sea of innovative brands. But what Lange has created is both a mechanical marvel and a piece of functional art. 

With a classically-styled 44.2mm rose gold case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, a rectangular pusher, and a polished bezel, it features a solid silver dial with a large power reserve indicator below 12:00, a sub-seconds register above 6:00, and dual time apertures with ‘digital’ displays — one for the hours at 9:00, and one for the minutes at 3:00. Rose gold ‘lance’ hands and exposed striking hammers complete the image of a watch with 20th-century inspiration, but 21st-century innovation.

Powered by the highly finished, hand-wound A. Lange & Söhne Caliber L.043.2 with 528 components and a 36-hour power reserve — which is visible via a sapphire caseback — the watch comes paired to a signed, brown alligator leather strap with a signed, rose gold pin buckle.

While this is certainly no entry-level wristwatch for the faint of heart (or wallet), for those in the know who appreciate German engineering and artistry, there could hardly be a timepiece better suited. Trust us!

Far be it from us to equate (or conflate) watches with traditional ‘investments’ — but if you’re looking to park your money on a horological work of art, a technical marvel, or an ultra-functional machine, then you’ve come to the right place.