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Empfangstresen bei A. Lange und Soehne.
Grosses Uhrenmodell / Ausstellungsstueck im Vorraum von A. Lange und Soehne
Notizen von Adolph Lange
Wilhelm Schmid in seinem Buero
Chefentwickler Anthony de Haas betrachtet die Grand Complication
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Blick vom Durchgang auf den Neubau von A. Lange und Soehne

The 'Grand Complication' by A. Lange & Söhne

Time is money

This summer I visited the manufacturer A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte, Saxony, Germany, who has developed the world’s most expensive timepiece, the „Grand Complication“. The term „manufacturer“ might be in fact a bit misleading – not because of the work itself, but the manufactory and the headquarter are modern, almost sterile lab-style places with a very distant – though very polite – atmosphere and full of general cautiousness and secretiveness. Not too surprising, considering the price of almost 2 Million Euro per piece.

Commissioned by Handelsblatt Magazine.

© Verena Brandt
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