First luxury watch purchase: PP or ALS?

[Etschell]

these are two totally different watches. really comes down to you. the better brand is PP but the better watch is the ALS.

[CFR]

Originally Posted by lord91

Thanks for the info. I only said "as far as i know", as to what i was more or less vaguely remembering from a review i once saw. I'm glad someone with more accurate knowledge corrected my info

Yup, all good, of course! Lange is more of a movement company, so their "manual labor" is mostly visible when you turn the watch over. On the back side, you can see the hand-engraved balanced cock and hand-finishing. There are very few models that have a "personal touch" visible on the front side.