Adolph Lange in the town of Glasshutte, Saxony, established Lange and Söhne the first time in 1868. The company was established as manufacturers of the distinctive watches, and had a famous history. Excel book of Reinhard Meis: "A. Lange and Söhne - timepiece and watch makers ISBN 2-940019-23-1 of Dresden", translated by Alan Downing devotes much space to the history, and gives an exposed good of the made watches.
The true story of the efforts of Walter Lange to continue the heritage of family of the fine manufacture of watch indicates a man equipped with order and patience in addition to its watch-making prowess. On 1945 on May 7, boring Russian of combatant-bombers downwards on German Panzers reprocessing by the town of Glasshutte.
There was not much of a factory to reorganize after the flames and of the plunderers were finished with the service but the remaining employees made efforts repair the damaged machines, to collect to the top of what are remained of parts of watch little, and attempt to bring the order to chaotic times.
A call to other German companies of watch to return any useful material for the production of gauge 48 of Lange was proposed in order to test gleaner of parts enough to restore the production of Lange. While the remaining employees of A. Lange and Söhne gathered watches in the rented rooms, the Lange brothers made of the plans looking forwards reopening the service in May 1948 the fight of Lange were far from surplus after the bombardment.
In March 1946 pennies the auspices of order 124 of Degasification of war of post, the factory was threatened by a complete confiscation of property. During three days after having successfully defended their line with their own property the regional communist government took the ordering of all A. Lange and Söhne assets. After refusing to work for the socialist trade union that the order taken of Lange and six other companies of technology, it was condemned to obligatory work in the local uranium mines.
Little time after, 1951 the name of Lange ceased to exist on watches because it was now one of seven German companies organized in a trust under the name of Glasshutte Uhrenbetrieben or GUB by the communist government. After an attempt earlier fallen through to restore Lang because a watch making Mr. Walter Lange of house recorded Lange named Uhren GMBR on 1990- 7 December right for two months after the unification Re of Germany.
With the financial technical aid and IWC and of their head office mother LMH, A.
Lange and Söhne were back in the businesses. By using the book of the voyage of his large grandfather as guidance marks out, Walter Lange began the voyage again to last horological creations of eminence.
A. Lange and Söhne were premiered at these years Basle right and engagement of Walter Lange of climax to produce the extraordinary watches. The patented oversize window of the date of Lange was now incorporated in a stopwatch ordered by wheel of column with a device of fast return.
This new "Datograph" summarizes the attention with esthetics and mechanics found in all watches of Lange. The movement highly finished is like a work of art to itself. The turned blue screws, screw fixed kittens and a tap of balance engraved by hand is all the aspects of a micro machine which looks at as good as it carries out. The adjustment of wheel of balance of precision of model of whiplash also lends elegance and the functionality - to allow the minor rate changes without need for removing the wheel of balance.
The whole movement is composed of 390 separate shares whose majority were turned blue, is polished, is cut, or decorated in one way or another. Including damascened the German silver plated dishes, give the beveled edges and the fourth bridge independent of well.
The design does it against meticulous jump exactly while the second hand passes sixty and takes account of the simple fine agreement without disassembling. This elegant watch quietly draws attention to its function of moon phase with the addition of the commander d'' Ursa of constellation (large the dipper). A submarine second of balances of dial the dial with respect to the posting of moon phase. Only 400 of these moon very special phases of Lange will be produced. 250 out of pink gold of 18 kt and 150 in platinum. The price with the detail of detail of the moon phase of Lange is $18. 200 in platinum and $13. 200 out of pink gold.
