A Lange & Sohne

The Inauguration and Evolution of the Datograph
The Inauguration and Evolution of the Datograph

A comprehensive look at the history of A. Lange & Söhne’s signature chronograph Around 2008-2009, at the start of my teenage ye...

Collection Building Your Way with Griffin Bartsch
Collection Building Your Way with Griffin Bartsch

How would you spend half a million dollars? What about a million? This new column will offer our community of enthusiasts a forum to answ...

The Tourbillon Chronicles: <br>Birth Of The Tourbillon
The Tourbillon Chronicles:
Birth Of The Tourbillon

How a watchmaking legend created one of watchmaking’s legendary complications. Welcome to The Tourbillon Chronicles, a four part se...

Lange 1 and the 25th Anniversary Editions
Lange 1 and the 25th Anniversary Editions

Watch enthusiasts are picky. Whenever a new watch comes out, there is always a festival of critique (which is very much healthy) on the c...

The A. Lange &#038; Söhne <br>Zeitwerk Minute Repeater
The A. Lange & Söhne
Zeitwerk Minute Repeater

All the bells and whistles. The Lange Zeitwerk Minute repeater is not the most complicated watch that A. Lange & Söhne has ever made ...

Variations On The Moonphase
Variations On The Moonphase

One of watchmaking’s oldest complications is still evolving. The moonphase complication is as old as watchmaking itself. In fact, i...

Movement Finishing in Modern High Grade Fine Watchmaking
Movement Finishing in Modern High Grade Fine Watchmaking

Of all the crafts associated with fine watchmaking, there’s none more fundamental, none which really defines what fine watchmaking ...

The Lange 1815: A Complete History
The Lange 1815: A Complete History

Tradition: A cliché word for the watches perhaps, and sometimes, even an overused alibi to cover up a lack of creativity. Yet it is unden...

Jack’s Picks: Classically Sized Watches
Jack’s Picks: Classically Sized Watches

The so-called dress watch has been under attack as a category of watchmaking at least since the early 1970s, when the first stainless ste...

The Lange Cabaret And The Lost Art Of The Rectangular Watch
The Lange Cabaret And The Lost Art Of The Rectangular Watch

Are shaped watches on the comeback trail? Right now, every single watch A. Lange & Söhne makes, is round. The same is true at Vachero...

Langepedia &#038; WatchBox: The Zeitwerk Renaissance
Langepedia & WatchBox: The Zeitwerk Renaissance

Since the 1980s, the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI) has championed the cause of independent watchmaking. While some...

WatchBox &#038; Langepedia: The Story of the Lange 1
WatchBox & Langepedia: The Story of the Lange 1

Picasso’s Guernica. Widely regarded as one of the most powerful anti-war pantings in history, the piece combines many elements, generally...

In the Details: Turning Blue
In the Details: Turning Blue

As early as the 16th century, watchmakers used heat bluing to prevent the steel components of their watches— hands, screws, and sometimes...

Understanding Watch Jewels
Understanding Watch Jewels

In a watch movement, there are many different features such as a balance spring, movement plate and bridges. Jewels are an important part...

Collecting Together With Mark Cho
Collecting Together With Mark Cho

At the helm of his global retail outfit, the Armoury, Mark Cho is redefining the world of bespoke men’s tailoring, ushering tailored mens...

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