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"A. Lange & Söhne" has written timekeeping history with exceptional mechanical watches and trendsetting inventions. The historic milestones of the Saxon manufactory from the birth of Adolph Lange until today are listed in this condensed chronology.
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Adolph Lange is born in Dresden on 18 February.
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Adolph Lange begins his watchmaker's apprenticeship with Gutkaes.
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During his journeyman's years, Adolph Lange visits the most eminent chronometer makers in Europe.
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Gutkaes and Adolph Lange build the five-minute clock in Dresden's Semper Opera.
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Adolph Lange receives his master's certificate.
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Adolph Lange moves to the Ore Mountains and establishes the Saxon precision watchmaking industry in Glashütte. He adopts the metric system in place of the Parisian ligne system.
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The flywheel replaces the bow in lathes.
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Adolph Lange is elected mayor of Glashütte (until 1866).

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Adolph Lange designs a watch with a jumping seconds hand.
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To improve the stability of movements, Adolph Lange introduces the three-quarter plate.
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Richard Lange becomes co-owner, followed three years later by his brother Emil. Destined for world fame, the manufactory is renamed "A. Lange & Söhne".
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The Lange workforce moves to a new residential building with annexed workshops. The family chronicles will refer to it as the "Stammhaus", the Lange domain.
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Adolph Lange crafts the smallest ladies' lever watch with a seconds hand; it has a movement diameter of only 25 mm.
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Adolph Lange dies. He bequeaths to his sons a highly respected company that enjoys global recognition.
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Production of a pocket chronometer driven by a fusee-and-chain transmission.
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"A. Lange & Söhne" builds its first self-winding pocket watch - the Perpetuale.
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50-year anniversary. The town of Glashütte erects a monument for Adolph Lange. The marine chronometer department is inaugurated.
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Kaiser William II presents Sultan Abdul Hamid II with a gift: a lavishly decorated "A. Lange & Söhne" pocket watch.

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At the World Exposition in Paris, Emil Lange presents his famous centennial tourbillon.
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Emil Lange becomes a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.
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A Lange Grand Complication is sold for 4930 gold marks. This is equivalent to the cost of two houses.
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Inflation: On 16 November, a Lange precision watch costs more than one hundred billion reichsmark.
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Walter Lange, Adolph Lange's great-grandson, is born. He follows the footsteps of his forebears and chooses the watchmaking profession.
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On the last day of World War II, Lange's main production building is razed in a Russian aerial bombing run.
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The company is seized by the communist regime and expropriated. Walter Lange is forced to flee to the West.

1815-1850 1851-1900 1901-1950 1951-2000 2001 until now

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After Germany is reunited, Walter Lange returns to Glashütte. On 7 December, he incorporates Lange Uhren GmbH and re-registers the traditional "A. Lange & Söhne" brand.
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The comeback: The first Lange watches of the new era have their debut in the Palace of Dresden: The LANGE 1, the TOURBILLON "Pour le Mérite", the ARKADE and the SAXONIA.
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The first self-winding Lange watch of the new era is presented: The LANGEMATIK with the "SAX-0-MAT" movement.
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Lange establishes a new benchmark in the production of superb mechanical chronographs and introduces the DATOGRAPH.
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Lange produces the second centennial tourbillon - the LANGE 1-TOURBILLON. The company succeeds in repurchasing the Lange domain.

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Once again, the Lange domain becomes the birthplace of masterpieces by "A. Lange & Söhne". The LANGEMATIK-PERPETUAL is the first watch of the new era with a perpetual calendar.
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With the LANGE 1 MOONPHASE, Lange launches a new epoch in precision watchmaking.
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In future, Lange's creative and innovative ideas will take shape in the newly completed Technology & Development Centre.
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The LANGE DOUBLE SPLIT opens up a new dimension in horology. It is the world's first flyback wrist chronograph with a double rattrapante mechanism.
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