A. Lange and Sohne has always defined superior craftsmanship in all their watches from the inside to the outside. They are a German watch maker with extremely high horological standards in their watch complexes and movements.
Under their flagship, there are many superb and elegant timepieces that have attracted various collectors.
The company was founded in 1845 by Ferdinand Adolph Lange. They were making good watches in Saxony region of Germany until World War II when their workshops were largely destroyed.
Only after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Walter Lange, the fourth generation family, decided to revive their family tradition and brand. They restarted their business in 1990 in the city of Glashütte. 1
Their new generation of A. Lange and Sohne watches was created in 1994 with their very own movements. There was no turning back from then onwards and their business started to flourish.
Their mens watches are known to be exquisite and valuable among many collectors around the world. This boils down to the creation of its own movement and its focus on self assembly in Glashütte workshops.
Another important reason for their high value is because they produce only in 18-karat gold or platinum. And they produce limited quantities of a few thousand a year of these mechanical mens watches to make it into important collectible items.
Their intial models in their modern collection were Lange 1, Saxonia, Arkade and Tourbillon pour le Mérite. There were only small amounts of productions for these pieces that comes only in a few hundreds.
A. Lange and Sohne is also known for its patented Lange oversized dates in all their mens watches. This further creates value for the company’s brand and design work.
Of great signficance would be A. Lange and Sohne Lange 1 Moonphase watch. This is a unique moonphase not found in other watches.
Their mechanical movement allows the moonphases to depict exactly like the moon time by having it in constant motion, whereas moonphases in other watches usually click into position after passing certain segment of time.
The accuracy of its moonphase is also unbelievable. It is just 0.02 percent deviation from the actual moon’s orbit. The Lange 1 Moonphase comes in 18-karat yellow, pink gold or in platinum with 398 individual parts within.
Other great Lange collection of mens watches:
A. Lange and Sohne is also known for its patented Lange oversized dates in all their mens watches. This further creates value for the company’s brand and design work.
In 1997, the Langematik was launched. These range of watches carries the Sax-O-Mat movement. The Cabaret was also introduced within that year. Its unique rectangular shape created much originality among other mens watches.
The ranges of Langematik:
