Business News: A. Lange & Sohne Puts Young Watchmakers To The Test

May 10, 2017

The best watchmaking schools have sent their best students to Dresden to compete in A. Lange & Sohnes annual young talent competition. Eight watchmakers have been selected by Lange from over 30 watchmaking schools across the world for the final part of a multi-phase competition. The finalists will now have six months to design and build a regulator, using an ETA base movement. The assignment was chosen by Anthony de Hass, Langes Director of Product Development, who is encouraging out-of-the box thinking. The participants are not bound to the historic predecessors but explicitly invited to freely interpret the assignment.– Anthony de Haas, A. Lange & Sohne Director of Product Development Earlier this month, the students were invited to take part in a series of small courses in Dresden. They spent four days there and were shown around the Lange manufacture, taking part in several workshops and learning about some of the companys polishing, engraving, and finishing techniques under the supervision of actual Lange watchmakers. They were in good hands, for sure, and returned home with a better understanding of what theyll need to show if they want to win this years prize. And the big prize for the winner? The F.A. Lange Scholarship & Watchmaking Excellence Award, which comes with 10,000 for the winner to continue his or her education in watchmaking. An expert jury will convene in November to look over the final entries, and the winner will be announced in December. For more information, visit A. Lange & Sohne online.