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It doesn't appeal to me. Basically I like Bach, and when I hear Bach I appreciate that not a thing could be removed from it. He's added so much, but not too much... it's both as simple and as complex as can be. When I look at a Panerai that's what I see... Bach in a watch, not a thing too much, not a thing too little... every single part having a very integral and precise purpose. I like both the elegant Panerais and the brutal functional Panerais, but always with nothing added beyond that which is necessary.
Now with the Lange & Sohne, what I see is a needlessly laid out dial. Why bother with the power reserve on the dial? Why does the second hand need to exist on it's own and reduce the size of the main dial? And so I'm immediately of the view that they added too much, and there is stuff yet which they could've removed.
That said, I love the cleanness of the casing. I'd have made the winder larger, but the case is very nice.