{"product_id":"a-lange-and-sohne-lange-1815-annual-calendar-as06771","title":"A. Lange \u0026 Söhne Lange 1815 Annual Calendar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBorn in 1815, Ferdinand Adolph Lange received a rigorous education at the hands of nurses and governesses. At 15 he became a student at the Saxon Technical school in Dresden. Following that, he pursued training under Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes, Sr, royal clockmaker to the King of Saxony. In 1846 he and his brother-in-law formed A. Lange \u0026amp; Söhne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLange’s use of precision tools and instruments allowed the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emanufacture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e to attain a level of precision that was heretofore unknown in mass-produced watches. After his death in 1878, his sons Richard and Emil would carry on his legacy. However, the Soviet occupation of East Germany at the end of the Second World War saw an end to A. Lange \u0026amp; Söhne. But after Reunification in the 1990s, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emanufacture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e would make its triumphant return. At the helm of the company would be another Lange, Ferdinand’s great-grandson Walter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe model 1815 honors this watchmaking legacy. Simple and elegant, it’s a careful distillation of Saxon watchmaking and design — adorned with just enough decoration to be beautiful, its otherwise minimalist look mixes Bauhaus principles with classical aesthetics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut this particular watch is no ordinary, run-of-the-mill 1815 — if there is such a thing to begin with! What we have here is an annual calendar dating to the 2020s. It features a 40mm rose gold case, a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, a polished bezel, an incredible, solid-silver dial with black Arabic numerals and blued-steel \u003cem\u003espear\u003c\/em\u003e hands, and matching rose gold \u003cem\u003espear\u003c\/em\u003e hands for the sub registers. Paired to a signed brown alligator strap with a rose gold pin buckle, it’s a mint-condition masterpiece accompanied by much of its ephemera.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTry it on the wrist once, and you'll have a tough time taking it off — don't say we didn't warn you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A. Lange \u0026 Söhne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39774428921943,"sku":"40990997","price":54950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS06771_40990997_A.LANGE_SOHNE_1815ANUALCALENDAR_238.032-7.jpg?v=1652802320","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/a-lange-and-sohne-lange-1815-annual-calendar-as06771","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}