Just as adverts for managed funds and savings accounts are obliged to warn us that “the value of investments can go down as well as up”, so we would all be well advised to remember that the same applies to collectible watches.
With that bit of small print out of the way, we’re going to suggest that – while others remain fixated on Switzerland – now might be the time to look to Germany for your next investment timepiece. Specifically we’re talking about A Lange & Söhne, which many consider to be Saxony’s answer to Patek Philippe.
Its Movement L101.2 was made specifically for this watch
Stop a few people in the street and ask them to name three luxury watch brands, and ALS – or Lange as we’ll call it – probably won’t figure. And in case you don’t know much about it either, the story goes something like this: