Opening the A. Lange & Shne flagship boutique at the Dubai Mall: Matthieu Dupont (regional director A. Lange & Shne) Klaus Ranner (head of German consulate in Dubai) and Wilhelm Schmid (CEO A. Lange & Shne) Worldtempus / Elizabeth Doerr
Saxon art of craftsmanship
A. Lange & Shnes line of highly limited watches called Handwerkskunst takes the artistic finishing found within the movements to the outside of the watch in the form of engraving and other crafts. This new Zeitwerk model housed in a 41.9 mm platinum case and limited to just 30 pieces boasts a hand-engraved case back a hand-engraved balance cock (in the more difficult relief technique as opposed to the regular line engraving of the regular collection) and a white gold black rhodium-plated dial engraved in the rare tremblage technique. The latter is created by multidirectional movements of the graver tool to produce a sort of large grainage effect. Creating this dial takes one engraver one full day.
The Lange Zeitwerk Handwerkskunst is limited to just 30 pieces available only at A. Lange & Shnes boutiques Worldtempus / Elizabeth Doerr
Treasure buried deep within Caliber L043.4: a vintage-style Glashtte lever escapement Worldtempus / Elizabeth Doerr
Luxurious vintage technology
Yet there is something else to discover: a special technical delicacy deep inside the movement. As if the technical features of the Zeitwerk were not enough Caliber L043.4 contains something no other modern timepiece can boast: a vintage-style Glashtte lever escapement crafted in hardened 18-karat gold.
CEO Wilhelm Schmid explained This was Ferdinand Adolph Langes invention and he used gold to make it because in 1850 anti-magnetic steel alloys were hard to come by. This style of lever escapement is in fact as reliable as the Swiss lever escapement found in almost all watches today. The biggest reason it is no longer used is the difficulty of correctly positioning the pallets slightly curved to reduce friction and fully enveloped by the metal. The movement also contains a gold escape wheel just as Ferdinand Adolph Lange would have utilized in his heyday.
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Master watchmaker Ralph Knoll involved in the creation of this new Zeitwerk traveled to Dubai to demonstrate his art Worldtempus / Elizabeth Doerr
This exclusive timepiece is available at the new A. Lange & Shne flagship boutique which is situated in the worlds largest shopping center: the Dubai Mall with 1 200 stores including some of the most luxurious boutiques on the planet. It will also be available in the six other Lange boutiques located in Abu Dhabi michele jetway fake watches
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A. Lange & Shne is entirely capable of reinventing itself and improving upon already tried-and-tested technology finally wrapping it up in extreme beauty. What better place to put the brands Middle East flagship store than this modern-yet-traditional city of superlatives.
Engraver Antje Padberg exhibited relief engraving of a balance cock at the Dubai press conference Worldtempus / Elizabeth Doerr