A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Double Split

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A. Lange & Söhne's story
For 100 years, A. Lange & Söhne pocket watches were among the most coveted timepieces in the world - until World War II when A. Lange & Söhne was forced into a 50-year hiatus. In 1990, immediately after Germany was reunited, Ferdinand Adolph Lange's great grandson Walter Lange re-established the Lange Brand.

Today, Lange is again crafting horological masterpieces "Made in Germany" - indeed,
A. Lange & Söhne watches are now every bit as precious and unique as in the grand old days.

1845 Ferdinand Adolph Lange established Saxon precision watchmaking industry in Glashütte, near Dresden in Germany.

1898 Kaiser William II ordered a magnificent A. Lange & Söhne pocket watch: it was a gift to Sultan Abdul Hamid II on the occasion of a visit to the Ottoman Empire.

1924 Walter Lange is born in Dresden. He will follow the footsteps of his forebears and learns the art of watchmaking.

1945 On the last day of World War II, Lange's main production workshops are bombed.

1948 The company is seized and expropriated by the communist regime. Walter Lange is forced to flee his homeland. The family business is transformed into a people's collective, the Lange brand disappears, and "A. Lange & Söhne" becomes a legend.

1990 German reunification occurs on 3 October 1990. Walter Lange returns to Glashütte. On 7 December, he re-registered the traditional trademark of A. Lange & Söhne worldwide.

1994 The comeback: Germany re-established its reputation as a source of high-grade horology when the first Lange watches of the new era are presented in Dresden.

2000 Lange joins Richemont Group.

For the future: Actual Lange watches are created in the traditional high standards of the earlier generations of pocket watches made by A. Lange & Söhne.

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[chilenoygordo]

In you face, Casio!

[00boxer00]

Now that is QUALITY!! Move over Patek!!

[dustytretch]

@absolutehail and to the good watches add; Greubel Forsey, Thomas Prescher, Phillipe Dufour, Richard Mille, MB and F, Urwerk, Breguet and Blancpain. Sorry just had to make that comment :)

[dustytretch]

@absolutehail TAG is crap as well, people are tricked into to thinking as JLC would say that they are a real watch and a piece of watchmaking when in reality they house mass produced movements made in a factory

[Kg277]

Double split eh?? Sounds like breast cleavage and ass crack.

[lolcat23]

@benjaminhk Almost, i worked one workshop over from where they made it

[benjaminhk]

@lolcat23 Excuse me...Do you know who make the Chapter 1?

[lolcat23]

@benjaminhk Chapter one is no masterpiece, far from it. Most of the opus watches are masterpieces.

[benjaminhk]

@lolcat23 Yes~

[absolutehail]

@JaegerLeMaserati It's pure class. Same with Patek - they look simple but the complications and class make them what they are. Breitling are crap compare to JLC, Lange or Patek (add Vacheron, AP in there as well).

[len0808]

@JaegerLeMaserati Old mans watch. Get a Breitling, Jaeger LeCoultre or Pierre DeRoche

if you can't afford a lange, buy a rolex.

[wawawawawawattt]

@factionxvt408x all lange movements are 100% in-house, some parts do Vaucher company(also produce parts for RichardMille and springhair for Patek)