A. Lange & Söhne has unveiled the Cabaret Tourbillon Honeygold – a new version of its rectangular tourbillon watch limited to just 50 pieces, with both the case and dial crafted entirely from the brand’s proprietary honey gold alloy.
It’s a bold, bold watch, and I absolutely love it.
The warm amber tone of the honey gold is paired with a black-rhodiumed dial, creating a very dramatic contrast.
That dial is decorated with Roman numerals, frames, scales, the Lange inscription, all sculpted directly from the dial material and rise 0.15mm above the surface. It should catch the light perfectly.
At 6 o’clock, the tourbillon sits on show, its bridge and cage finished in black polish.
That’s one of the most demanding techniques in watchmaking: the surface is worked by hand across a tin plate until it becomes mirror-like from one angle and jet black from another. It takes extraordinary skill to pull off.
The Cabaret Tourbillon carries some serious historical significance.
When Lange launched the original in 2008, it introduced the world’s first stop-seconds mechanism for a tourbillon, allowing the rotating cage to be halted at will and the watch set to the second. That had never been done before.
This new honey gold edition carries the same patented mechanism forward.
Inside, the manually wound calibre L042.1 packs 370 parts into a movement measuring just 22.3 by 32.6mm.
Of those, 84 components belong to the tourbillon alone, which weighs around a quarter of a gram.
The power reserve is a generous 120 hours from twin mainspring barrels, and the movement is visible through a sapphire caseback and finished to Lange’s usual meticulous standard.
The rectangular case is finished on a dark-brown hand-stitched alligator strap and honey gold prong buckle.
With just 50 pieces being made, availability will be extremely tight. If you’re serious about one, contact your nearest Lange boutique now.
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