A. Lange & Söhne has begun construction on its new manufacture building in Glashütte, scheduled to open in two years. (WatchTime.com covered the groundbreaking last September.) The new facility will be heated by means of an environmentally friendly technology that extracts heat generated naturally from the Earth’s crust. Glashütte is located in the Erzgebirge mountain [...]

 

We’ve all experienced sticker shock while perusing the world of fine timepieces… there are even a few brands in which five and six-figure prices are the norm. But some watches go beyond “pricey” and into the rarefied over-1-million category. Below, we’ve compiled a list of five seven-figure watches in which the only things grander than [...]

 

For the second year in a row, A. Lange & Söhne is sponsoring the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, the exclusive competition for historic vehicles and concept cars. Originating in 1929, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este celebrates the design of classic automobiles. As with last year’s competition, the owner of the winning automobile will receive a [...]

 

There are watches and there are watches. Included in the second category are pieces so technically extravagant, so hyper-engineered that they belong to a very special club. Their prices are stratospheric. Hardly anyone will ever own one. But they are fascinating nonetheless. As always, this year’s SIHH fair in Geneva in January brought out a [...]

 

At Antiquorum’s “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction in Geneva, held on March 17th, a version of A. Lange & Söhne’s Tourbillon “Pour le Mérite,” featuring a very rare combination of a white gold case and a blue dial, was sold for 275,710 euros. The watch is part of a 1994 limited edition of 200 [...]