ANNOUNCEMENTS

From 20 to 25 September, 10 am to 7 pm, you will have the opportunity to watch our master engravers while having a chat with them about their fascinating work.

165 Jahre nach Gründung der deutschen Feinuhrmacherei durch Ferdinand A. Lange wird in Glashütte der
A. Lange & Söhne-Park eingeweiht.

On 23 June 2010, Switzerland’s Edipresse publishing house circulated a special edition of the Tribune des Arts magazine that salutes the traditional A. Lange & Söhne brand’s anniversary under the heading “165 years – Homage to F. A. Lange”.

On 29 May in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the “striking mechanism” for a pocket watch by Janina Thiele was awarded the first prize of the Swiss watchmaking competition, “Concours Institut Horlogerie Cartier 2010” (IHC).

The Lange Watchmaking School has been in existence since 1997, and has so far produced 66 graduates. Once a year Lange invites the most promising training applicants to an assessment centre in the manufacture. The main thing is to identify how much manual skills, patience and technical understanding an applicant has.

With a special collection of exceptional complications, A. Lange & Söhne commemorates the spiritual legacy of the founder of Germany’s precision watchmaking industry. Presented in a novel gold alloy of hitherto unmatched hardness, the trilogy consisting of the TOURBOGRAPH “Pour le Mérite”, the LANGE 1 TOURBILLON, and the 1815 MOONPHASE manifests the horological heritage of Ferdinand Adolph Lange enriched with contemporary ingenuity and artisanal virtuosity.

The LANGE ZEITWERK is the first mechanical wristwatch with a truly eloquent jumping numeral display. With a completely innovative watch concept the “Face of New Epoch in Timekeeping” marks a further milestone in the history of A. Lange & Söhne. And to prove it, it has just won its second major international design prize: the renowned “red dot design award” in the “product design” category.

The LANGE ZEITWERK by A. Lange & Söhne has been awarded “Watch of the Year 2009” by the registered users of the website timezone.com, one of the oldest and most influential web forums dedicated to watches. About 800 watch enthusiasts took part in the poll. More than 300 of them gave their vote to the distinctive timepiece.

This year's vote for “The best watches in the world – Golden Balance 2010” has resulted in two prizes for models of A. Lange & Söhne. While the LANGE ZEITWERK was awarded with the second prize in the category “Watches priced over 25,000 Euro”, the model 1815 got a third prize in the category “Watches priced up to 25,000,- Euro”.