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VIDEO: Wilhelm Schmid explains the history and legacy of A. Lange & Söhne VIDEO: Wilhelm Schmid explains the history and legacy of A. Lange & Söhne

VIDEO: Wilhelm Schmid explains the history and legacy of A. Lange & Söhne

Felix Scholz

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A little while ago we caught up with Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne, to learn the story behind Germany’s most prestigious watch brand. We discovered that 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder F. A. Lange, the man who turned a rural town in eastern Germany into a hub of watchmaking excellence. We also spoke to Schmid about the brand’s spectacular rebirth in 1994, just a few years after the reunification of Germany, with four completely new timepieces that went on to define A. Lange & Sohne and had a huge impact on contemporary watch design in general.

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The A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater. Image by Kristian Dowling/Time+Tide Images.