This year the Lange booth at SIHH 2014 was dominated by another outsized watch, fit for a particularly large Ent, if Ents had wrists, wore watches and were the slightest bit interested in perpetual calendars. With its own display area… Read More ›
A. Lange & Söhne
Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2013 Prize Winners
The Grand Théâtre de Genève was the scene of the 2013 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). One and a half thousand guests joined the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr Ueli Maurer, to celebrate the watch industry, with fifteen… Read More ›
SIHH 2013 : A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Söhne’s SIHH 2013 was an interesting combination of low key and out there. The ‘out there’ aspect was (largely but not entirely) the rather huge model of the Grand Complication, a marvel to which most of us… Read More ›
SIHH 2013 : What is being at SIHH actually like?
I thought that I’d start my SIHH posts by giving those of you who have never been a ‘feel’ for Palexpo and what the fair looks like. As it was my first SIHH, I had no idea of what to… Read More ›
Power-up! The Lange 31
This is the third and final Lange post from an extended Lange afternoon in Melbourne recently. The first post was an overview of the brand’s arrival in Australia, the second about my favourite, the Zeitwerk, and this final post will… Read More ›
A modern design classic – the Zeitwerk
In the past I have written about watches that I have seen after a great deal of anticipation but whose reality just hasn’t grabbed me, or of my first meeting with a watch that I’d mentally wanted but found myself… Read More ›
A.Lange & Söhne now in Australia
Many have wondered why there has not been a Lange presence in Australia. The brand has many owners and admirers here, after all. Well the simple answer is that it has not been for want of trying. After years of… Read More ›
Lange Zeitwerk piece unique for Kidz Horizon
For many watch enthusiasts, it is a quiet sort of a hobby (or obsession, in some cases), and in the pre-internet days, this was even more so. The creation of the WWW provided a boon to people interested in watches… Read More ›