Credits: Article and images by Jeremiah Chan @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/phillips-perpetuals-tribute-to-a-lange-sohne/
Phillips Perpetual, the auction house’s watch boutique at 30 Berkley Square, London is set to welcome the public to an exhibition of more than 20 of the rarest and highest quality examples of the Lange 1 and Datograph, produced between 1994 and 2008. Titled “Made in Germany, a Tribute to Early Lange 1 and Datograph,” the exhibition highlights the rebirth of A. Lange & Söhne. But perhaps disappointingly, none of the exhibition pieces are for sale. Rather, Phillips hopes to expand on the maturing scholarship of these early production references, arguably two icons that established A. Lange & Söhne on the horological map after its rebirth.
Ever since Walter Lange, the great-grandson of Lange patriarch Adolf Lange, revived the brand in 1990 after the fall of the Soviet Union, A. Lange & Söhne’s star has only continued to rise. In 2004, the horological world sat up and took notice when it split both the second AND the minute with the Double Split Chronograph. Then again in 2009, it shocked and awed with a groundbreaking, never-before-seen digital jumping time display called the Zeitwerk. If that wasn’t enough to draw eyeballs, it followed up 2004’s Double Split by completing the trifecta of splitting the hour as well with the Triple Split in 2018. Evidently, A. Lange & Söhne does not innovate in half measures.
The genesis of all that success can be traced back to two singular points in its relaunch history: the introduction of the Lange 1 in 1994 and the Datograph in 1999. The Lange 1 was part of a collection quartet that reintroduced A. Lange & Söhne to the world in 1994. With its distinctive outsized date, an unconventional offset dial layout that incorporated mathematical concepts such as the Golden Ratio, and the highest level of movement finishing German watchmaking had to offer, the Lange 1 left an indelible mark on the watch world. As revolutionary as that was in 1994, the Lange 1 was launched in a private event to a room packed with journalists.
Credits: Article and images by Jeremiah Chan @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/phillips-perpetuals-tribute-to-a-lange-sohne/