Lange 1 Daymatic

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I recently created a thread on the Lange 1 vs Saxonia Moonphase. In my research and perusing of the Lange 1 I keep coming back to the lesser known brother, the Lange 1 Daymatic.

Just interested to hear peoples thoughts on this model and if anyone has any first hand experience.

While there is about a 7-8k premium on the Daymatic at MSRP versus the standard Lange and its pretty much the same price of the Lange 1 Moonphase, I can pick up one up for a much more competetive price to the others on the secondary market.

Advantages to me are a more logical placement of time, so that it peeks from underneath the cuff, a day indicator and while automatic, a much nicer looking movement. Also it comes in at 39.5mm which some may view as a drawback but I think it gives a nice middle ground between the L1 and Grand L1.

May be more difficult to sell if I ever decided to move the piece as I imagine most will gravitate towards the manual wind 38.5mm.