Founded in 1845 in Glashütte, Germany by Friedrich Adolph Lange, A. Lange & Söhne has since become a vanguard of German watchmaking. In 1990, Friedrich’s great grandson Walter Lange and watch executive Günter Blümlein resurrected the German watchmaker, which led to the launch of its seminal model, the Lange 1 in 1994. Since 2000, the brand has been a subsidiary of the Swiss conglomerate, the Richemont Group.