A. Lange & Söhne replica is making preparations for releasing a limited edition version of the Lange 1 Daymatic, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Tokyo boutique in the popular Ginza shopping district. The Daymatic is actually what it sounds like – it has the very famous Lange 1 layout, only reversed and with a retrograde display for the day of the week where the power reserve would be on a basic Lange 1. Besides, it’s automatic, with a full winding rotor visible on top of the movement and its three-quarter plate. What makes this white gold model unique is the guilloché dial, which is solid gold with an argente color treatment and blue accents on the hands and date display. This replica watch will only be available at the Ginza boutique and production is limited to 20 pieces.

Japan is a rather important market for A. Lange & Söhne and some of the largest Lange collectors in the world are Japanese. For example, the Ginza boutique has become a crucial important one for the brand, so it’s fitting that there would be some sort of celebration to mark its first decade. The replica Lange 1 Daymatic isn’t the model I would have guessed Lange would choose for the occasion, but it’s a fitting one that they’ve made special with a few subtle-but-special tweaks.

While we talk about the fake Lange’s watches, I’m extremely in the camp that prefers the manually-wound choices over the automatic ones. However, I’m willing to make a big exception for this fake watch. The guilloché work is outstanding and has a certain subtlety on the silver dial, and those blue accents really make the watch sing. I also like that on this model, the time display is on the right, which means it peeks out from your shirt cuff more easily. I have a special feeling that by the time you read this all 20 watches will already be spoken for.