Ben Clymer Presents: Ep. 06 – The Lange Episode With Wilhelm Schmid

Welcome to a new podcast series from Hodinkee called Ben Clymer Presents. Hosted by Hodinkee's own founder, Ben Clymer Presents offers a special chat between Ben and subject experts from the world of watches and, sometimes, elsewhere. It's a limited series that will run weekly for the next ten weeks, with new episodes every Wednesday in both video and audio. Want the video? Swing by Hodinkee's YouTube channel (or watch below). Just want the audio? It's being published to the same podcast feed as Hodinkee Radio, so check your feeds or subscribe wherever you find your podcasts (might we recommend Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or TuneIn).

Episode 6

Recorded on the same day that Lange launched the new Zeitwerk Minute Repeater in Honeygold, this episode features Ben chatting with Wilhelm Schmid, the CEO of A. Lange & Söhne. The two chat about the evolution of the brand on the eve of its 30th anniversary, the metric by which Lange measures its own success, what it takes to buy one of the brand's extra special limited editions and even some of Wilhelm's favorite non-Lange watches. It's a fascinating chat and a rare chance to better understand the perspective and philosophy guiding the influential and talented German brand.

Show Notes

00:01
A. Lange & Söhne

00:30
Interview with Wilhelm Schmid

2:13
The A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Up/Down Lumen

6:55
The Richemont Group

10:30
In-Depth: The A. Lange & Söhne Datograph

17:51
The A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1

18:44
The A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Up/Down in platinum

27:52
The A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus in titanium

27:56
The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante Honeygold

28:00
The A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Honeygold Lumen

31:05
The A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater in Honeygold