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“Wearing a Watch on Your Body…” – 500 Years of a New Feeling for Time Time – Measurement of Time – Feeling for Time Ideologies, power claims, progressive technical ideas and scientific challenges have accompanied this narrative of development, which continues even in our own day. The German Watch Museum Glashütte opens first Special Exhibition Glashutte, 2010-05-21 Under the title “Wearing a Watch on Your Body…”, the first special exhibition opened with a private viewing on 19th May in the German Watch Museum Glashütte. Guests from local politics and business, from the artistic and cultural world, partners and friends, Glashütte contemporary witnesses, watch-lovers, exhibit lenders and representatives from the Glashütte watch companies, as well as representatives from the various museums in the region attended the vernissage. The special exhibition illuminates the thematic issues of “Time – Measurement of Time – Feeling for Time” on the basis of the portable watch, and exhibits treasures from the inventory of the foundation of the German Watch Museum Glashütte, the Glashütte Original manufactory, as well as loans from the Swatch Group AG and the Mathematical-Physical Salon of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Beginning with the manufacture of the first mechanical watches in the ... >>> more >>> A Radiant Presence: the GRAND LANGE 1 “Luminous” With brightly glowing hands and appliques on its black dial, the GRAND LANGE 1 “Luminous” stands out prominently at night as well, showcased in a white-gold case with a diameter of nearly 42 millimetres. Glashütte, April 2010 Since it had its debut more than 15 years ago, the LANGE 1 has been inspiring the iconic style of A. Lange & Söhne timepieces. Featuring a distinctively asymmetric dial configuration, the patented outsize date, and an immaculately crafted manufacture calibre with a power reserve of three days, it generated a fresh breeze in the global precision watchmaking community. Not surprisingly, it soon became one of the venerable manufactory’s most phenomenal bestsellers. It also ranks among the watches that received the most awards in the entire history of horology. In 2003, the manufactory presented the GRAND LANGE 1 for enthusiasts of this design icon ... >>> more >>> Auktionen Dr. H. Crott - 81st Auction Important wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks and enamel boxes Start of the auction 12 p.m. on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel Frankfurt Airport; preview Saturday, May 1, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m and Sunday, May 2, from 8.30 a.m. until the end of the auction Mannheim, March 19, 2010 Auctioneers Dr.H. Crott, the internationally renowned auction house for fine watches is proud to present a preview of their May auction in Frankfurt; we are certain that the wide palette of finest objects will once again keep even the most demanding observer fascinated! >>> more >>>