Article | A Lange Sohne Five Watches Three Decades Phillips Hong Kong Fall 2026 Online Auction

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is pleased to present The Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2026, an online auction running from 17–24 September. Featuring more than 150 exceptional luxury timepieces from leading makers including A. Lange & Söhne, Audemars Piguet, F.P. Journe, Vacheron Constantin, and Patek Philippe, the sale includes all five watches featured in this story.

The reborn A. Lange & Söhne launched in 1994 with four pillar models. Among them was the shaped Arkade, setting a precedent for the German manufacture’s openness to experimenting with various sizes and shapes alongside the immaculate mechanics and top-notch finishing that fans of the brand have come to expect. Over the years, some of these creations have become collector gems.

Welcome to the Cabaret

One of these treasured rarities is the rectangular Cabaret, which arrived in 1997 and was joined by a special tourbillon version in 2008. The Cabaret left the regular collection in 2013, but A. Lange & Söhne has occasionally launched limited versions of the expressive timepiece since then.

As the second shaped watch in A. Lange & Söhne’s collection after the Arkade, the Cabaret had a flamboyant personality. Its shape also singled it out as a completely individualistic design that was not without its technical challenges, particularly when it came to fitting the double-digit large date into the slim, shaped Caliber L931.3.

Visible from the back, much of the movement is covered by a Glashütte-typical three-quarter plate in German silver decorated with Glashütte ribbing, while the elegant screw balance with its swan-neck fine adjustment and hand-engraved balance cock remains visible. The sapphire crystal case back also reveals elegant hand-blued screws, gold chatons, and delightful anglage on the base plate’s curvatures.

The Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2026, includes two variations of the Cabaret, a watch that “keeps it fresh,” as one prominent collector has put it: one from 1999 and one from 2000, both in 18k white gold cases measuring 25.5mm x 43mm and standing just 9.1mm tall. The latter adds a bezel set with brilliant-cut diamonds. With their blue dials and svelte proportions, there is hardly a more elegant pair of watches available.

The Little Lange 1 Comes Into Its Own

The Little Lange 1 was introduced in 1998 simply as a smaller version of the classic Lange 1, which measured 38.5mm x 10mm. With 38.5mm still considered a “man’s watch” at the time, the Little Lange 1 came in at 36.8mm x 9.5mm to better suit smaller wrists, but retained every bit of the technology of the larger model, even using the same Caliber L901.0. The only difference was the recessed corrector for the large date on the side of the Little Lange 1’s case, while the classic Lange 1 had a button.

In 2017, the second generation of the Little Lange 1 came out, and today these watches are generally released as limited boutique editions of 100 pieces. As a rule, their dials have become quite a bit more decorative than those of the classic versions.

The new-old-stock example here dates to 2022 and became something of the face of the new generation of the Little Lange 1 line, with its exquisite Bordeaux purple, hand-guilloché dial, and 18k white gold case.

Delightfully, the sapphire crystal case back reveals a full view of the second-generation, hand-wound Caliber L121.1, which fills out the entire space with its incredible German silver three-quarter plate. As indicated on the dial, when fully wound it holds three days’ worth of power reserve.

From Saxonia to Langematik Perpetual

Another of the four founding pillars of A. Lange & Söhne’s 1994 relaunch was the Saxonia. The brand’s “normal” watch with centered hands and symmetrical displays, it was a perfect fit for the arrival of Sax-O-Mat Caliber L921, Lange’s first automatic movement, in 1997. Its main attribute was the zero-reset mechanism, which stopped the movement and reset the seconds hand to zero when the crown was pulled.

This movement architecture provided the basis for A. Lange & Söhne’s first perpetual calendar, which arrived in 2001 powered by Caliber L922.1 SAX-O-MAT. Containing a perpetual calendar with large date, day, month, moon phase, and leap year, as well as a 24-hour display with day-night indication, it heroically housed all of this in a 38.5mm x 10.2mm precious metal case. That’s a feat.

This circa 2005 example comes in classic yellow gold and features a ring of brilliant-cut diamonds around the bezel. It also sports a classic champagne-colored dial and luminous substance on the hour and minute hands.

Though there is a lot of information on the dial, it remains highly legible thanks to A. Lange & Söhne’s concept of information hierarchy, which puts the dial’s most important piece of information at the top. This piece feels clean and non-derivative in the way that all Lange pieces do. On the neo-vintage market, it is something of an insider tip.

The Odysseus Charts a New Course

The latest entry to the Lange collection is perhaps the most polarizing. Arriving in 2019, the Odysseus is Lange’s sporty-elegant watch on a bracelet, something that the collection did not have before. It was also the first watch issued by the brand serially in stainless steel. This was all naturally quite controversial for Lange collectors, who were used to a much different style of watch from the classic brand. But none of that has ever stopped the Odysseus from having way more waiting list than available watches.

The present titanium piece was introduced in the third wave of Odysseus models in 2022, following the stainless-steel original and a white gold version on leather or rubber straps. And it comes with an ice-blue textured dial that is incredibly captivating as its color changes with lighting conditions.

Its unique dial layout reminds us of the Zeitwerk, with day (left) and date (right) dominating the look of this piece. The rest – hours, minutes, and seconds – is conventional.

The titanium Odysseus, measuring 40.5mm x 11.1mm, is available only in a 250-piece limited edition from boutiques. It is powered by the automatic Caliber L155.1 Datomatic movement. And while it is a hefty piece of watchmaking on the wrist, very masculine in conception, it remains very light in titanium.

You can learn more, place a bid, and view the entire Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2026, catalog here.