For a splurge your parents deserve, there's an A. Lange & Söhne timepiece

There are only a handful of occasions in life when you’d think about buying couple watches. One of those is when you’re newlyweds, looking to buy yourselves a treat. Another is when you’ve finally reached that point in your life and career where you want to thank the two most important people in your life who raised you, loved you and nurtured you – your parents.

With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day coming up, you can’t go wrong with an A. Lange & Söhne timepiece. The German watchmaker is one of the most prestigious there is, capable of making the most exquisite movements with amazing complications and finest finishing; it crafts only a few thousand wristwatches a year.

For Dad, the Lange 1 Moon Phase features the beautiful moon-phase complication in one of Lange’s most successful watch families. The watch was updated in 2016 to house the updated calibre L121.3, a manually wound movement with a 72-hour power reserve, made of 438 parts in total. With a 38.5mm case, on the dial side, the moon-phase indicator is in a class all by itself. There are two discs that make up the complication – one carrying the moon and the other the sky disc just behind it, treated to glow a vibrant blue, with gold stars sprinkled on top for a magical effect. The complication is also accurate to one day’s error every 122.6 years, making it one of the most precise moon-phase indicators out there today.

For Mum, the Little Lange 1 Moon Phase is an elegant choice, featuring the same dial layout and complication as the Lange 1 Moon Phase, but with a guillochéd, argenté-coloured dial in a 36.8mm pink-gold case. The manually wound L121.2 movement is based on the calibre of the Lange 1, also lavishly finished to make the timepiece a true gem that can be admired both front and back. This year, show your parents how much you care – with an A. Lange & Söhne.