Among the finest chronograph wristwatches made in the modern era, the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 chronograph was introduced in 2004 as a slimmer, less complicated alternative to the seminal Datograph, the German's brand first manual-winding chronograph. The design of the 1815 line channels the design aesthetics of the classicaly-styled pocketwatches produced in Glashütte, the Saxon town known as the cradle of German watchmaking. The design is characterised by traditional style elements: three-quarter plates for the movements; blued hands, Arabic numerals and the railway-track minute scale on the dial.