A. Lange & Söhne

Last Thursday 15 September, 2011 was another milestone for A. Lange & Söhne - the grand opening of its first Hong Kong Boutique and fifth in the world after Dresden, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul. To celebrate the occasion, the brand has invited guests in the...  

Now in the hall of fame with the four Lange “Pour le Mérite” . The order "Pour le Mérite" ( French for "for the merit") was previously the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order for German soldiers until the end of World War I. In 1924, a civil versi...  

What style/design etc are those hands called?

Hi, I believe they are known as Louis IV hands. Cheers, T

Looks more like Louis XV hands. Will ask. Kong

Hi Arthur Has asked about your question .... the answer is indeed Louis XV . Kong

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At 2:30pm, guests and press members gathered outside the boutique on ground floor of 1881 Heritage to await the ribbon cutting ceremony of the A. Lange & Söhne Hong Kong Boutique . Emcee greeted guests and called upon Mr Daniel Rogger, International ...  

“Pour le Mérite” is the most prestigious order bestowed in Prussia, and was mainly awarded to military personnels. However, a German natural scientist, Alexander von Humboldt seemed to be able to convince King Frederick William IV in 1842, to extend the d...  

Many thanks for these stunning live pictures! It is a watch made from one cast, "aus einem Guß" as Germans do say. It would have been a "perfect" watch if it would have had the size of the first PLM but still it gets away with being "a bit" larger as the ... 

I learned something. About your input the finishing of the dial is like the rotor, initially, from a distance, it looks pretty similar, as they are both done with the tremblage technique. From the reference picture below (from A Lange & Soehne's site), it...  

I just noticed the similarity between both finishes in terms of the look. That the Handwerkskunst dial finish is done more laborious one can see in your post. I loved and still love the rotor design! It gives the caliber L.021.1. a very noble, fine appear... 

in my opinion. The dial of the standard edition looks flat and a bit bland. I love the contrast between the gold dial and the chapter rings. There is a depth to the dial that is not present in the standard model. The engraving technique on the dial and th... 

Have to admit the tremblage dial is hard to resist...

In the evening, the celebration continued with the collectors and guests of A. Lange & Söhne. The evening began with a cocktail in the boutique. At about 7pm, the guests were ushered up to The Parlour for the presentation of the RICHARD LANGE TOURBIL...  

After the eventful grand opening day on the 15 September, 2011 , I returned to the Boutique just before noon to snap some pictures of interior. The outer poster was substituted with RICHARD LANGE TOURBILLON “Pour le Mérite” HANDWERKSKUNST ... A panoramic ...  

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Thank you Kong for the excellent coverage of this fantastic and important historic. Congratulations to A. Lange & Soehne for their beautiful new boutique. I wish the boutique tremendous success to the A. Lange & Soehne brand!

AL&S has become my favorite brand of all time, I love everything about their watches. Guess I am not as picky there is just something about them. Next watch for sure. Thanks so much for posting this, I felt like I was there!

and mission accomplished as you set out to take us along for the whole day's festivities.. Thank you!

Kong: Thank you very much for your time and effort. It was a very exciting presentation that had that "you are there" feel to it. It was really enjoyable for me. Thanks - Mark

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I had no idea you were there. I was so looking forward to meeting you one of these days - and it would have saved me posting my very amateurish brief of the event. Thanks for putting so much time & effort into this presentation as I'm sure we all apprecia... 

I am looking through my pics too ...trying to find your face We are so close yet so far ...sigh. Likewise I so looking forward to catch up with you. Next round. Your postings are important to all of us... so it is nothing to do with the pics or the writin... 

Thanks for bringing us on this new journey in the opening of an A. Lange & Sohne boutique! Tschuss Stephen

Best regards, -- Richard.

What a comprehensive coverage! After seeing real life photos from you and Fernando, I'm liking this Handwerkskunst more and more! Lange surely have a winner here! Good to see you've had great fun at the event!

Thanks for the extensive coverage shots, Kong. Enjoyed it! T.

Its a nice location to have Lange boutique. Small and cosy I'd say. Cant help but to mention there is a very nice optical shop around the corner called PuYi. Regards

it is really peaceful despite the buzzing Harbour City. PuYi and Shanghai Tang side by side... nice decor too. Thanks for viewing. Kong...  

I can imagine the time and effort you put in to produce the good work. Lange has done it again with flying colour. Regards Ling