Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Ferdinand Adolph Lange, in grand style with the recently announced 1815 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst, a limited edition that features a technological first for the brand and sports breathtaking dial and movement decorations. Here’s what you need to know. The A. Lange […]
The latest ticking chef d’oeuvre from Saxon watchmaker A. Lange & Söhne is a horological triple threat and then some. Unveiled this week at SIHH 2016 in Geneva, the A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon incorporates three major complications with five supplementary functions. The three complications are a flyback chronograph, a perpetual calendar, and […]
A. Lange & Söhne blew away many watch connoisseurs at this year’s SIHH with its undisputed headliner, the Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon. But the Saxon haute horlogerie brand also rolled out a notable timepiece at the fair whose mechanical complexity comes in a slightly more understated but no less impressive package: the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds. […]
Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne, a favorite among knowledgeable watch connoisseurs, has announced it will be joining the eclectic lineup of exhibiting brands at WatchTime New York on October 14-15. (Tickets and details here.) Among the new pieces it will be highlighting at the event is the Saxonia Moon Phase, a model that features the Glashütte-based brand’s […]
Walter Lange, who founded the Saxon luxury watch brand A. Lange & Söhne in 1994 at age 70, revitalizing the factory of his watchmaking ancestors, died yesterday at age 92. While no longer involved in the management of the company, he had still been serving as a brand ambassador and consultant, representing the brand at […]
Two plain-faced beauties, the Patek Philippe Calatrava and A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia, go head to head in this comparison test from the WatchTime archives. Jens Koch gets in depth with the two timepieces and Nik Schölzel provides the original photography. A complication is a pretty thing, but it certainly doesn’t improve the legibility of […]
Three years ago, Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne released its first-ever chiming wristwatch, the Lange Zeitwerk Striking Time, which combined a dial-side chiming mechanism with the Zeitwerk model’s unconventional, mechanical-digital time display. At this year’s SIHH, Lange released a new model with a rose-gold case, silver dial and rose-gold hands. Unlike most repeaters and other […]
Download this FREE article to read our test of the Zeitwerk. This WatchTime Spotlight falls on A. Lange & Söhne watches, as we test the Lange Zeitwerk. The Zeitwerk is a mechanical digital watch that combines a groundbreaking design concept with classic Lange features. Many will compare it to one of the most successful A. […]
WatchTime New York, our biggest and most luxurious watch collectors’ event to date, will take place October 23-24 at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall. (Click here for event details and to purchase tickets). More than a dozen luxury watch brands will display their timepieces at the event, including Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne, whose showcase pieces will […]
The new Lange 1 looks almost exactly like the old one. There’s a big difference, though: a new movement. Good move? In this in-depth watch test, the cover feature of WatchTime’s November-December issue, we find out. A. Lange & Söhne is widely regarded as Germany’s most prestigious watch company. This is due partly to the […]