Unveiled today on the occasion of the 2026 edition of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, held on the shores of Lake Como, the new A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret Tourbillon Honeygold marks the return of one of the manufacture’s most distinctive mechanical creations.
The new reference 703.050 revisits the rectangular Cabaret Tourbillon first introduced in 2008, combining Lange’s patented stop-seconds tourbillon with a case and dial crafted from 750 Honeygold.
The launch also reinforces the long-standing relationship between A. Lange & Söhne and the prestigious concours event, a setting particularly suited to the Cabaret collection’s balance of technical refinement and design identity.
With its warm-toned Honeygold surfaces contrasted by a black-rhodiumed dial, the new edition introduces a distinct character while preserving the architecture and mechanical philosophy of the original model.
The warm tone of Lange’s proprietary Honeygold alloy contrasts sharply with the dark dial surface, highlighting the elaborate relief work executed directly in the gold.
Manufactured entirely in-house, the dial is composed of three elements: the main dial and two subsidiary counters for the small seconds and power-reserve indication.
Rather than being printed, the scales, frames and “A. Lange & Söhne” signature are sculpted directly from the gold surface, rising approximately 0.15 mm above the black-rhodiumed background.
After rhodium treatment, the raised elements are carefully hand-finished to reveal the underlying lustre of the Honeygold, producing a pronounced three-dimensional effect.
Additional details include applied Roman numerals at III, IX and XII, lozenge-shaped hour markers and the outsize date at 12 o’clock. At 6 o’clock, an aperture reveals the one-minute tourbillon, whose upper bridge and cage top are finished using the demanding black-polish technique.
This artisanal process involves repeatedly polishing the steel components by hand on a tin plate with fine abrasive pastes until the surface alternates between a mirror-like reflection and a deep black tone depending on the angle of light.
The internal angles of the cage are also finished by hand, underscoring the level of craftsmanship associated with the most complex Lange calibres.
The manually wound calibre L042.1 remains faithful to the rectangular architecture of the original Cabaret introduced in 1997. Measuring 22.3 × 32.6 mm, the movement is shaped specifically for the case proportions and is composed of 370 parts, including 84 dedicated to the tourbillon.
Visible through the sapphire-crystal caseback, the movement displays the traditional finishing codes of the Saxon manufacture, including untreated German silver plates with Glashütte ribbing, screwed gold chatons, blued screws and hand-engraved cocks.
The ratchet wheel is decorated with solarisation, while the tourbillon and intermediate-wheel cocks are individually engraved by hand.
A notable feature of the Cabaret Tourbillon remains its stop-seconds mechanism for the tourbillon, a patented system introduced in 2008.
Using an arresting spring, it allows the tourbillon cage to be stopped instantly when the crown is pulled, enabling setting to the exact second — a function that was rarely achievable in tourbillon wristwatches at the time.
The Honeygold case measures 29.5 × 39.2 mm with a thickness of 10.3 mm, preserving the elongated proportions characteristic of the Cabaret family.
The Cabaret Tourbillon Honeygold ref. 703.050 is issued as a limited edition of 50 pieces and completed by a dark-brown hand-stitched alligator leather strap with a Honeygold pin buckle. The price is available on request. alange-soehne.com
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