After almost 50 years of silence, the flag carrier of German watchmaking and its founder from Glashütte – A. Lange & Söhne – introduced its first modern collection in 1994. Each one of the four pieces was, without a single doubt, an instant hit. Yet, among the musketeers, there was a special one. It was … Read more
A small village with a population of just above five thousand (day time) and formed by only two main streets between the green ore mountains against a lonely train station; Glashütte was finally breathing the freedom only for a year following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990. Yet, once the cradle of German Watchmaking … Read more
As I listen to Richard Wagner while writing this article, it becomes increasingly clear why A. Lange & Söhne chose his homeland to name their most reserved, yet profoundly engineered collection. Much like Wagner’s music, the Saxonia is filled with regional leitmotifs, “carriers of emotion,” as he called them. And like his dramas, the original … Read more
For once, I’d like to put TLDR at the beginning of the article with a quote from a friend on Richard Lange. The rest of the article expands on the quote, tries to answer the question why? Lange makes some of the most incredible complicated watches in the world. But this particular watch reminds me of the … Read more
A. Lange & Söhne 1815 is the brand’s most traditional, simplified and perhaps the signature collection. It has been in the catalogue since 1995, produced in numerous combinations, sizes to address differing tastes. However, no matter the combination, when you take a glance at an 1815, you see that all share a definitive identity, one … Read more
Introduced in 1999, only 5 years after A. Lange & Söhne introduced its first collection in 1994, the Datograph (Dat(e) + (Chron)ograph) is one of the first in-house developed chronograph wristwatches following the quartz crisis. It was in production for 12 years from 1999 to 2012 up until the introduction of the Datograph Up/Down. The … Read more
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