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Heirs of a grand tradition
Current A. Lange & Söhne timepieces are featured in the newly opened Mathematics and Physics Salon
After a six-year pause, one of the world's oldest scientific history collections is reopening in new splendour: the Mathematics and Physics Salon in the Dresden Zwinger Palace. The "Cabinet of Knowledge" established by Augustus the Strong in 1728 is one of the most eminent museums dedicated to scientific instruments and timekeeping devices. The astronomers and clockmakers who worked here laid the foundation for precision watchmaking in Saxony in the late 18th century. Today, Lange's master watchmakers are the legitimate heirs of this rich heritage.
The 1815 UP/DOWN, photographed in the Mathematics and Physics Salon
with early18th-centurycurative,burning,and lighting mirrors in the background.
As a long-standing partner of the Dresden State Art Collections, A. Lange & Söhne supported the refurbishment of the museum. After extensive renovation work, it is reopening to the public on 14 April 2013. The fundamentally redesigned concept of the permanent exhibition now includes the history of precision watchmaking in Saxony as well: The timeline unfolds from the early days at the Dresden Zwinger and the establishment of the first horological workshop by Ferdinand A. Lange in Glashütte to present-day Saxon high-end watchmaking with its most prominent representative – A. Lange & Söhne. On the occasion of the reopening, some models from the current A. Lange & Söhne collection enter into a dialogue with historic timekeeping instruments from the inventory of the Mathematics and Physics Salon:
1815 UP/DOWN and Nocturnal by Johann Michael Haager, Braunschweig, 1707
Also referred to as the "Star Clock", the Nocturnal indicates the time at night on the basis of the positions of the stars.
The hole in the middle of the disc is aimed at the North Star, and the pivoting hand is aligned with the guide stars of the Ursa Major constellation. The full hour can now be determined by counting the number of rounded teeth. During the day, the 1815 UP/DOWN indicates the time to the second. Its three-day movement is lavishly finished by hand and endowed with classic UP/DOWN power-reserve indicator.
GRAND LANGE 1 with a model of the five-minute clock in the Semper Opera House in Dresden by Ludwig Teubner, Dresden, 1896
The
original clock, high above the opera stage, was crafted by famous
Dresden clockmaker Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes in 1841 with the
help of Ferdinand A. Lange, his most gifted apprentice. The innovative
digital time display was a sensation and 150 years later inspired the
design of the equally revolutionary Lange outsize date. The black dial
of the white-gold GRAND LANGE 1 gives it an impressive presence.
SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR in front of a turret clock by Paulus Schuster, Nuremberg, 1586
The
turret clock presented to Christian I, Elector of Saxony, by his wife
Sophie as a Christmas gift in 1587 is a truly regal keepsake. No fewer
than eight movements were needed to indicate the time, drive an
astrolabe, a striking mechanism with alarm function and an annual
calendar. A single self-winding manufacture calibre in its platinum case
is all the SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR needs to precisely tell the time and
provide numerous clearly organised calendar indications for a full
year.
After a six-year pause, one of the world's oldest scientific history collections is reopening in new splendour: the Mathematics and Physics Salon in the Dresden Zwinger Palace. The "Cabinet of Knowledge" established by Augustus the Strong in 1728 is one of the most eminent museums dedicated to scientific instruments and timekeeping devices. The astronomers and clockmakers who worked here laid the foundation for precision watchmaking in Saxony in the late 18th century. Today, Lange's master watchmakers are the legitimate heirs of this rich heritage.
The 1815 UP/DOWN, photographed in the Mathematics and Physics Salon
with early18th-centurycurative,burning,and lighting mirrors in the background.
As a long-standing partner of the Dresden State Art Collections, A. Lange & Söhne supported the refurbishment of the museum. After extensive renovation work, it is reopening to the public on 14 April 2013. The fundamentally redesigned concept of the permanent exhibition now includes the history of precision watchmaking in Saxony as well: The timeline unfolds from the early days at the Dresden Zwinger and the establishment of the first horological workshop by Ferdinand A. Lange in Glashütte to present-day Saxon high-end watchmaking with its most prominent representative – A. Lange & Söhne. On the occasion of the reopening, some models from the current A. Lange & Söhne collection enter into a dialogue with historic timekeeping instruments from the inventory of the Mathematics and Physics Salon:
1815 UP/DOWN and Nocturnal by Johann Michael Haager, Braunschweig, 1707
Also referred to as the "Star Clock", the Nocturnal indicates the time at night on the basis of the positions of the stars.
The hole in the middle of the disc is aimed at the North Star, and the pivoting hand is aligned with the guide stars of the Ursa Major constellation. The full hour can now be determined by counting the number of rounded teeth. During the day, the 1815 UP/DOWN indicates the time to the second. Its three-day movement is lavishly finished by hand and endowed with classic UP/DOWN power-reserve indicator.
GRAND LANGE 1 with a model of the five-minute clock in the Semper Opera House in Dresden by Ludwig Teubner, Dresden, 1896
SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR in front of a turret clock by Paulus Schuster, Nuremberg, 1586
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Heirs of a grand tradition
Current A. Lange & Söhne timepieces are featured in the newly opened Mathematics and Physics Salon After a six-year pause, one of the world's oldest scientific history collections is reopening in new splendour: the Mathematics and Physics Salon in the...
