A New Book “A. Lange & Sohne – Haute Horlogerie of Saxony.”

It was published the fourth expanded edition of Reinhard Meis called "A. Lange & Sohne - Haute Horlogerie of Saxony.” In this book, Meis gave the most detailed and interesting description of the history of the currently existing great artist dynasty Lange and belonging to them the watch manufacture. The book covers the period from the 19th century to the present.

Compared with previous editions the volume of the book has nearly doubled - up to 916 pages which contains over 2700 illustrations.

The “A. Lange & Sohne - Haute Horlogerie of Saxony” book consists of two volumes. The first is called "Fateful century - Glashütte Watch Industry, 1845-1945." And it tells about the birth of a Saxon watchmaking and the great masters of Dresden, including the mentor of Ferdinand Lange - Johann Christian Friedrich Gyutkes.

The second volume of the book is called “A. Lange & Sohne - a watchmaker from Dresden", and a biography of Ferdinand Lange. The book describes the height of the famous watch brand under the leadership of Emil's sons, Ferdinand and Richard, how the manufacture survived the Second World War and was revived by Walter Lange. Just in the second volume of the book “A. Lange & Sohne - high Haute Horlogerie of Saxony" is presented the catalog of all known watch models of the manufacture.