The legendary life on watches, inheritance and renaissance - Mr. Walter Lange

What would you do if you lived through all sorts of hardships such as war, gunshot wounds, deprivation of your ancestral home and exile in your life? Imagine what you might do when you were 65 years old? Or travel around the world? Or 65 years old in our minds should be an age to know how to relax and enjoy themselves, but Mr. Walter Lange is different, when he was 65 years old choose to start a business, set up A Lange & Söhne Watches Ltd. returned to his hometown of Glashutte, Germany, to create a path of revival for his family, his father, and the people on this land. On July 29, 2014, it was the 90th birthday of Mr. Walter Lange, who, together with us, walked into the only surviving legendary watch industry, recalling his life on watches, inheritance and rejuvenation.

Walter Lange is the fourth generation descendant of the Lange family. In 1845, Mr. Walter Lange's great-grandfather, Ferdinando Adolphe Lange, founded Lange in the small town of Glashütte in the mountains of southern Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, The town and the German watchmaking prosperity laid the foundation.

In 1926, Mr. Walter Lange (first from right) photographed with his father, Rudolf Lange, and brothers and sisters on the grass

Mr. Walter Lange, an optimistic man, was born on July 29, 1924. Under the watchful eye of his watchmaking family, Walter Lange entered the watchmaking school in Karlstein, Austria, at the age of 16 technology. Walter Lange, who was just 18 years old in 1942, was enlisted to join the Second World War. However, during the war he encountered a difficult time in his life.

Warrant photo of Mr. Walter Lange and his military license

His leg was gunshot wound in battle, but at that time he was completely afraid to move his legs, because a move may encounter more intense artillery fire. It was only after night falls that Mr Walter Lange grabbed the courage to climb out of the danger zone. The related memories of World War II are still the dreams of Mr. Walter Lange today.

At the close of the war, Mr. Walter Lange, still at the helm of his military career, with the assistance of his father, could leave military service from May 7 to May 15, 1945, back to Glashütte Reunite with family Unexpectedly, on the second day of his leave, on the morning of May 8, 1945, a bombing alarm sounded and Lange's production center was destroyed in the bombing.

Walter Lange, a young watchmaker, and pocket watches made by him

The scourge of war and the destruction of the factory buildings were not enough to deter Mr. Walter Lange and their family's devotion to watchmaking. After the war, Walter Lange continued his watchmaking to Alfred Helwig at the watchmaking school in Glashütte, and his father Rudolf and his uncle Alto (Otto) and Gerhard (Gerhard) trio jointly run the watch factory, continuous hard work, and trying to rebuild the production facilities. They are developing 28 movement and ready to mass production, I did not expect, in April 1948, the company was confiscated by the then East German government, the father and uncle can no longer set foot watch factory, and then the young Wal-Mart Mr Lange was asked to join the government union, but he categorically rejected it. He was ordered to leave the watch factory for uranium mines in the mountains. As a last resort, Mr. Walter Lange decided to exile and fled his hometown in November 1948.

Mr. Vettel's exile and the current detention permit

He came to Pforzheim, but worried about his father because he knew his family company was being forcibly charged and would have dealt a big blow to his father. Even though his father later came to Pforzheim to live with him, he died in less than a year. Lost his father, lost the third generation of descendants, lost the family business, so that Mr. Walter Lange family is very sad, but Mr. Walter Lange did not give up on the family inherited horological and spiritual.

In 1991, Mr. Walter Lange and his colleague, Mr. Gündemlundien

In 1989, Mr. Walter Lange, already over 65, had already retired. However, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of that year, Mr. Walter Lange decided to seize this opportunity to reinvigorate the cause for himself, his father and his family. On December 7, 1990, the most important day in Mr. Walter Langge's life and the day to remember by many Lange fans, on this day Lange watch company re-incorporation. Then, with the immeasurable perseverance and enthusiasm, Walter Lange, over 65 years of age, is constantly pushing for it, step by step with the help of his good friend, Mr. Günter Blümlein To rebuild the brand and watch the brilliant past forward.

In 1994, Mr. Walter Lange attended the first press conference held by the modern Lange at the Dresden Royal Palace, the first of which was Mr. Junte Brülener

More than three years later, on October 24, 1994, after the reconstruction, Lang held a press conference for the first time to release the first watches after the restoration of the factory to the world. The classic models such as the Lange 1 led the big calendar and the eccentric Dial design trend, and also officially announced the return of the Lange brand, Lange watch also in a very short period of time, return to the field of advanced precision watchmaking.

In 1995, Mr. Walter Lange in front of the Langhe family cemetery

From learning the tabulation to enlisting the army and surviving the bombing and then seeing the family factory destroyed by the war and then confiscated by the family company after returning to watchmaking and reconstruction. Then in exile, lost loved ones, and finally witnessed the end of Iron Curtain era. However, what is even more commendable is that, apart from frankly accepting the test of fate and blows, Walter Lange chose to create by himself when he was 65 years old Out of a glorious history, so that families and brands rebirth. He also helped his hometown, Glashütte, restore the glories of past German watchmaking places so that more people could work here and inherit the skills and spirit of German watchmaking. Thus, in addition to the Medal of Honor in the towns of Saxony and Glashütte, last year the FHH awarded him the "Hommagela Passion" honorary award in Lausanne for his lifetime's contribution to the watchmaking industry. Walter Lange not only used his whole life in the interpretation of the clock, inheritance and rejuvenation of the story, but also his personal great experience and spirit into every one of the watch Lange.

Happy birthday! Mr. Walter Lange.

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