Split Decision: Patek Philippe Reference 5370P vs. A. Lange

“Comparison is the thief of joy” – Theodore Roosevelt If there were a watch enthusiasts’ encyclopedia in which the term “embarrassment of riches” appeared, the accompanying image might just be a side-by-side shot of two of contemporary watchmaking’s great complicated pieces: the “mighty” A Lange & Söhne Double Split and Patek Philippe’s Reference 5370P split-second chronograph. As a collector, I have the incredible good fortune to own both of these watches, and not surprisingly I’m often asked to compare and contrast the two, opining on which one is the “better” watch. I’ll attempt to answer that question at the end of this article and before that will argue why each one should win the competition, but let’s start with strengths that these two landmark pieces share. Why both the A Lange & Söhne Double Split and Patek Philippe Ref.

5370P are great I’ve written here before about why I bought the Lange Double Split and . Source