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Lange was originally founded in 1845 by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in Glash\u00fctte, near the city of Dresden in German Saxony. Ferdinand\u2019s son Richard joined him in the business, and the company changed its name to A. Lange & S\u00f6hne. They specialised in making high quality pocket watches.<\/span><\/p>\r\n After their main production building was destroyed in the last days of the war the company ceased to exist under postwar Soviet administration. Walter Lange who is the great-grandson of the founder and the lead of the company had to flee the country in order to avoid forced labour.<\/span><\/p>\r\n When the fall of the wall is celebrated in November 1989, Walter Lange sees the chance for a new beginning for the family business in Glash\u00fctte. Shortly after their first new patent is registered for the outsize date which marks many of their models. <\/span><\/p>","link":"https:\/\/www.fratellowatches.com\/watchbrands\/lange-sohne\/","name":"A. 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Lange & S\u00f6hne. Shortly after second son Emil joins them"},{"year":"1875","highlight":"After their father\u2019s death, brothers Richard and Emil Lange take over the manufactory. Both complement each other perfectly."},{"year":"1902","highlight":"The only Grand Complication no. 42500 was built. A pocket watch with chiming movement, grande and petite sonnerie, split seconds, minute repeater, perpetual calendar and moon-phase."},{"year":"1930","highlight":"Richard Lange files patent: no. 529945 for a \u201cmetal alloy for watch springs\u201d. Later, this will be marketed as the \u201cNivarox\u00ae balance spring\u201dwhich is still used in quality watches"},{"year":"1945","highlight":"During the last days of the war the company\u2019s main production building is destroyed during a bombing and during the postwar Soviet administration the company ceased to exist in 1948"},{"year":"1990","highlight":"Walter Lange and G\u00fcnter Bl\u00fcmlein make a plan to establish the Lange manufactory and the brand name is re-registered. "},{"year":"1992","highlight":"Lange Uhren GmbH files its first patent in 1992 for the outsize which will become a distinctive feature of many of their timepieces."},{"year":"2000","highlight":"A. Lange & S\u00f6hne became a member of the Richemont group"},{"year":"2007","highlight":"A. Lange & S\u00f6hne opens its first boutique in Dresden"}],"did_you_know_box_brand":[{"title":"Precious","explanation":"With the exception of a very few special edition watches, all A. 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