ANNOUNCEMENTS

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”.

A. Lange & Söhne is extending its commitment as sponsor of the Dresden State Art Collections for a further two years. The Saxony-based watch brand, which enjoys a long tradition, has been supporting Dresden’s world-famous museums, including the “Historic Green Vault“, the “Old Masters’ Gallery“, and the “Mathematics and Physics Salon”, whose collection also includes historical Lange pocket watches, since 2006.

With the establishment almost three years ago of the “A. Lange & Söhne Akademie”, the traditional watch brand has been making an active contribution to the quality of advice provided in the superior watch retail sector. In the meantime, the first “Lange Experts” have left the academy after completing the third – and highest – level of the training programme.

Six young men and women signed their apprenticeship contracts with Lange Uhren GmbH on 4 February 2010. At the Lange watchmaking school they will be the 14th year in sequence and start their training in August 2010.

Despite the snow chaos and freezing temperatures, the Lange watchmakers are all excited and feverishly face up to the 18th of January 2010, which marks the beginning of the most important week in the calendar of the watch industry. That will be the date of the opening of the “Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie” (SIHH) in Geneva where A. Lange & Söhne will present the most recent designs of the traditional brand.

The LANGE ZEITWERK has won the renowned Good Design Award, making another prominent award go to the traditional manufacture based in Saxony just before the year end of 2009. The prize was awarded by the ”Chicago Athenaeum – Museum for Design and Architecture” and the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies.

iPhone users now have the opportunity to explore the LANGE ZEITWERK in various case colours, turning it around or having it enlarged by using this free application. Particularly exciting is the following feature: the display, bridge and time slices as well as the plate can be disassembled by using the touch screen.

Join us as we look forward to the New Year and our next encounter, hopefully in good health and in peace. And please accept our best wishes on behalf of all the staff members at A. Lange & Söhne.