IV Quartal 2004  III Quartal 2004  II Quartal 2004  I Quartal 2004 12 November 2004 Company   "Prix spécial du Jury" for LANGE DOUBLE SPLIT at Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève On Thursday 11 November 2004 a gala event held in the Grand Théâtre in Geneva marked the "4ème Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève". At this ceremony, which is probably the most important Swiss awards event in the world of watchmaking, a prize was awarded for the first time to A. Lange & Söhne. Founder of the firm Walter Lange and Managing Directors Fabian Krone and Hartmut Knothe received the special prize awarded to the LANGE DOUBLE SPLIT by an independent jury of famous international horological experts. The LANGE DOUBLE SPLIT only celebrated its much vaunted debut in April of this year at the Geneva Watch Show SIHH. For the first time in a wristwatch, this extremely complicated flyback chronograph has a double rattrapante mechanism which enables comparative time measurements of up to 30 minutes using classical mechanical methods. For more details of the watches nominated and prizes awarded, go to: www.worldtempus.com 2 November 2004 Company   Now at bookstores – Walter Lange’s biography Walter Lange, the great-grandson of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, celebrated his 80th birthday not long ago. And now, his vita – entitled “When Time Came Home” – offers in-depth insights into his childhood reminiscences, wartime memories, the post-war turmoil caused by the expropriation of his family’s enterprise, and the process of the manufactory’s revival after Germany was reunited. More 25 October 2004 Company Robbery of Lange watches On 18 October there was a burglary in a Lange retailers shop. More than 50 watches of A. Lange & Söhne have been stolen. We would like to give you the possibility to inform yourself about the stolen watches as well as their movement and case numbers. Overview 24 October 2004 Watches & Passion The LANGE 1 turns 10 The first Lange watches of the new era were presented to the global public at the Dresden Palace on 24 October 1994. The showstopper was and today, ten years later, still is the LANGE 1 with its inimitable design and all those unique horological refinements that redefined the benchmark in watchmaking artistry. More IV Quartal 2004  III Quartal 2004  II Quartal 2004  I Quartal 2004 19 September 2004 Company "A. Lange & Söhne" Comes to China for the First Time The exclusive mechanical timepieces from "A. Lange & Söhne" have been on the Asian market for nine years, where they have met with success. Now, the long-established German company will present its watches in China as part of the "Montres et Merveilles" exhibition, organised by the Swiss Richemont Group. This event will be held from 19 to 23 September 2004 in Beijing. More 25 August 2004 Company "A. Lange & Söhne" presents its new “shop-in-shop” concept The innovative and exclusive mechanical timepieces of “A. Lange & Söhne” have been available from Techel Jewellers in Darmstadt since October 1997. Now Techel is the first Lange retailer in Germany to introduce the “shop-in-shop” concept, which has recently been developed by the long-established Saxon manufactory. Lange Corners have already been installed in selected specialist shops in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Japan and the USA. More 20 August 2004 Company Lange's „Watch Horse“ is erected in the centre of Dresden Since August 20, 2004, Dresden, the capital of Saxony, not only has a “Golden Rider”, but also a “Watch Horse”. The Golden Rider, a larger than life-size monument of Elector Friedrich Augustus I, better known as Augustus the Strong, is one of Dresden’s most famous landmarks and has stood in the Neustädter Markt, between Hauptstraße and the Augustus Bridge, for over 250 years. The „Watch Horse“ of „A. Lange & Söhne”, modelled on Augustus the Strong’s steed, is found on the other side of the Elbe, on the corner of Altmarkt and Schloss-Straße. The sculpture is framed by the historic Dresden Residential Palace, which played an important role in the Lange story. More 10 July 2004 Company More Than 3,000 Guests Attend the Lange Family Day on July 10, 2004 On Saturday, July 10, 2004, Lange employees invited their family, friends and acquaintances to A. Lange & Söhne's first Family Day. More than 3,000 visitors poured through the Lange manufactory between 10.00am and 6.00pm. The Lange employees took their guests on a tour to demonstrate the different procedures required to craft a watch and amazed them with the complexity involved in finishing each timepiece. More