A. Lange & Söhne: 20 Years LANGE 1 Event Review

Oct 27, 2014,10:05 AM
 

On 24th October 2014, the best-known model Lange 1 from A. Lange & Söhne celebrated its 20th birthday. On this occasion, the traditional watch brand launched the Lange 1 tourbillon handwerks­­kunst in the castle of Dresden – the place, where, to the day, the first four timepieces after the comeback of the brand have been launched 20 years ago.

 

20 Years Lange 1

 


The chapel of Dresden’s castle turned into an exclusive event location on 24th October 2014.

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About 140 guests from 26 countries had come to Dresden on Friday, 24th October 2014, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lange’s first collection. Back then, the Lange 1 was launched as one of four models. With its unique combination of classic style elements and technical innovations, it has epitomised the core and the identity of the re-born A. Lange & Söhne brand. Now, the 20th birthday of the brand icon was celebrated with a limited special edition. Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid and Anthony de Haas, Director Product Development, presented the new timepiece Lange 1 tourbillon handwerks­kunst at a press conference in the castle of Dresden.

 

Furthermore, Wil­helm Schmid and company founder Walter Lange bestowed the F. A. Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award upon Torsti Laine (42) from Finland. The watch­making student from the Kelloseppäkoulu – The Finnish School of Watchmaking –received 10,000 euros prize money for his design of a moon-phase display that also emulates the earth phases from the moon’s perspective. The award empha­sises the importance of sustainable funding of watchmaker trainings for the future of fine-watchmaking.

 

 

Additionally, Wilhelm Schmid handed over a donation of 20,000 euros to Sonnenstrahl e.V., represented by Professor Reinhard Berner from the oncological station of Dresden’s university hospital and Antje Hermann from the public chartity that supports kids and adolescents with cancer who are under physician care at this station.

 




The press conference took place in the historic castle of Dresden.

 

Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid gave an end-of-year review.

 

Presentation of the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON HANDWERKSKUNST.

 

The new model is presented to the journalists.

 

Photo shooting of the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON HANDWERKSKUNST.

 

The dial of the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON HANDWERKSKUNST is enameled by hand in different work steps.

 

Torsti Laine (left) accepts the prize from Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid (middle) and company founder Walter.

 

Wilhelm Schmid hands over a donation of 20,000 euros to the public charity Sonnenstrahl e.V. in Dresden.

 

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About A. Lange & Söhne

When Ferdinand Adolph Lange, a Dresden watchmaker, established his watch manufactory in 1845, he laid the cornerstone of Saxony’s precision watchmaking. His precious pocket watches remain highly coveted among collectors all over the world. The company was expropriated after World War II, and the name A. Lange & Söhne nearly fell into oblivion. In 1990, Ferdinand Adolph Lange’s great-grandson Walter Lange had the courage to relaunch the brand. Today, Lange crafts only a few thousand wristwatches in gold or platinum per year. They are endowed exclusively with proprietary movements that are lavishly decorated and assembled by hand. In a period of little more than 20 years, A. Lange & Söhne developed 49 manufacture calibres and secured a top-tier position among the world’s finest watch brands. Its greatest successes include innovative time-keeping instruments such as the LANGE 1 with the first outsize date in a series produced wristwatch as well as the ZEITWERK with its supremely legible, precisely jumping numerals. In the meantime, both models have become icons of a brand rich in tradition.

 
















































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