A Lange and Sohne: The RICHARD LANGE TOURBILLON Pour le Merite HANDWERKSKUNST

German luxury watch manufacturer A. Lange & Sohne introduces the Odysseus, a watch that lays the foundation for the sixth watch family from the Glashütte-based brand. In addition to Lange 1, Saxonia, 1815, Richard Lange, and Zeitwerk, A. Lange & Sohne presents the Odysseus, a watch family endowed with a distinctive design and a newly developed moment. The Odysseus watch is a sporty-elegant timepiece aimed for people who admire fine watchmaking, but also live active lives. For this reason, the watch is made from stainless steel, with an integ...

A. Lange & Söhne watch manufacture was originally founded by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in Glashütte, Germany in 1845. After being nationalized, the house ceased to exist in 1948, only to be resurrected in 1990 by Walter Lange, the great-grandson of the founding father of the brand. On 24 October 1994, at the residential palace in Dresden, A. Lange & Söhne presented the first four wristwatches of the new era – among them the LANGE 1. The iconic model, therefore, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and the brand is releasing a special collect...

The famous German watchmaker, A. Lange & Söhne, celebrates the 10th anniversary of its exclusive boutique in Ginza Tokyo. To mark this special occasion, A. Lange & Söhne is introducing a very special limited edition of its Lange 1 Daymatic model. The exclusive new watch will be especially hard to obtain since the production is strictly limited to 20 pieces, and it will be available only at the Ginza boutique. The celebratory model features a 39.5mm white gold case and a glorious solid gold dial with argenté finish. The dial is adorned with g...

A. Lange & Sohne introduces a new jumping-seconds timepiece to commemorate its late founder Walter Lange, who passed away in January 2017. To honor the company founder, A. Lange & Sohne extends its 1815 watch family with a unique complication – a stoppable jumping seconds hand that dates back to an 150-year-old invention conceived by Ferdinand Adolph Lange. Deadbeat seconds, also known as jumping seconds, is an addition to the movement of a mechanical watch that enables the seconds hand to tick once a second – just like a quartz watch. While...

On the occasion of the SIHH 2018, the famous German watchmaker A. Lange & Sohne introduced a beautiful new timepiece based on the „less is more“ philosophy. The thinnest model in A. Lange & Sohne’s line, Saxonia Thin, was unveiled in an elegant copper blue version, with a stunning dial that imparts both depth and charisma to the legendary model. The latest Saxonia Thin is crafted from noble white gold and it measures only 6.2mm in thickness. The 39mm-wide, elegantly rounded case is echoed by slender hands and hour markers in rhodiumed gold....

The house of A. Lange & Söhne has just revealed the world’s first triple rattrapante chronograph – the Triple Split. Rattrapante chronograph, or a double chronograph, is one of the most demanding complications in watchmaking. A rattrapante is a watch that includes two separate stopwatch mechanisms, and an additional second hand, enabling the measurement of multiple events that occur simultaneously. The most common use of the rattrapante is for recording successive lap times. First of its kind, the latest A. Lange & Söhne model is capable...

Same as every year, the house of A. Lange & Sohne introduces a gorgeous new Handwerkskunst model that demonstrates artisanal virtuosity and rare decorative crafts that the German watchmaker is keeping alive. This year’s exclusive Handwerkskunst edition is the exclusive new take on the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar, available in a limited run of 20 pieces and priced at priced at €290,000.   The 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar Handwerkskunst represents a grande union of classic complications and enameled white gold with elaborate reli...

In summer 2017, A. Lange & Söhne’s 1815 Chronograph evolves to include the stopwatch function. The watch belongs to the 1815 collection, which stands for the birth year of Ferdinand A. Lange, who established Germany’s precision watchmaking industry in Glashütte. Just like all other watches from this sophisticated range, the latest addition features traditional style elements, including Arabic numerals and the railway-track minute scale. The 1815 Chronograph combines a white gold case and a black dial with a pulsometer scale, with which heart ra...

This time, the timelessly elegant Saxonia Automatic is fitted with a terra-brown dial, and it arrives in two different versions to celebrate the reopening of the Lange Boutique in Ginza, Tokyo. Two models, in pink gold and white gold, are adorned terra-brown solid-silver dials, which makes them the first members of the Saxonia family to feature this elegant shade. Both watches are self-winding and they feature 38.5-millimetre cases that are held on hand-stitched alligator leather straps in red brown and dark bown. The warm, earthen hue of th...

Datograph, which was first introduced back in 1999, is known as the first ever chronograph to be constructed on the classic column-wheel principle with flyback. This highly coveted luxury timepiece, distinguished by its jumping minute counter and a patented oversize date display, incorporated A. Lange & Söhne’s first proprietary chronograph caliber, a column wheel design, and the flyback function. Due to its understated yet highly tasteful aesthetics, Datograph soon became a sort of a symbol of good style. In 2012, the collection was enriched w...