A. Lange & Söhne (watch brand)

A. Lange & Söhne is a German luxury watch brand operating via Lange Uhren GmbH (“Lange”) from Saxony, which is a subsidiary of the Richemont holding. Lange's wrist and pocket watches are among the world's best super luxury brands, competing with Swiss brands such as Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin. Lange was founded in 1845 by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in Glashütte, near Dresden, the so-called "mecca of German watchmaking". With Ferdinand, and after his death, with his sons, Emil and Richard, Lange produced quality pocket watches. Subsequent generations of the Lange family also continued to make pocket watches, and like many German manufacturers, Lange made oversized wristwatches for use by German pilots during World War II. 
In 1948, after the war, the newly established communist administration nationalised the property of the company (with the exception of drawings and secrets of craftsmanship that employees managed to hide), and the Lange brand ceased to exist. Walter Lange opened a clock workshop in Pforzheim  and made a cooperative relationship with the International Watch Company in the 1960s , intending to revive it, but it was derailed by the quartz shock. When East and West Germany were reunified on October 3, 1990 , the representative of the steel division of the German conglomerate Mannesmann Group, who himself had experience as a watchmaker, said, "To commemorate the reunification, let's revive the pinnacle of German timepieces." The brand was rebuilt by finding Walter Lange, who happened to work for a company under Mannesmann, by ordering the president of the international watch company under the umbrella of Günther Blumlein . On December 7, 1990, A. Lange & Söhne was re-registered and trademarked. Glashütte Original is the successor to the former A. Lange & Söhne , and the current A. Lange & Söhne was founded in 1990. In this respect, the continuity of history is highly valued. On October 24, 2004, the new studio's first collection of 4 lines, "Lange 1  ", "Arcade", "Saxonia" and "Tourbillon 'Pour le Mérite'", was launched. announced. In 2000, it became a brand under the Richemont Group along with the International Watch Company, which supported its reconstruction.
Source