dorothea lange documentary

The unveiling of a monument to Ferdinand A. Lange by 15 apprentices of the company's own watchmaker school was the highlight of a ceremony at which Lange Uhren GmbH inaugurated the A. Lange & Sohne Park in Glash��tte on 15 July. With this, the company pays tribute to the founder of Germany's fine watchmaking industry, who opened the first watchmaker workshop in the region in 1845 with 15 apprentices. Also among the more than one hundred guests was his great grandson Walter Lange, who has carried on the family tradition since reunification, as well as the Vice President of the Saxon State Parliament, Andrea Dombois. In her word of welcome she honoured the social involvement of the company which is expressed in so many ways, even beyond the creation of highly qualified jobs. A current example is the tourist guide system for Glash��tte, recently initiated by Lange, which guides visitors to the sights of the city. The more than 3,000 square metre park was designed by the landscape architects Michael Wolf and Dirk Radzanowski from Penig in Saxony, and built by the company Gr��nkonzept from Bannewitz near Dresden. The bronze bust of Ferdinand A. Lange is the work of the Swiss sculptor, Beat K��nzler. A musical setting at the ceremony was provided by the American mezzo-soprano Emily Righter and the Italian baritone Andr�� Schuen. Both are stipendiaries of the "Young Singers Project" of the Salzburg Festival, with which the company maintains a close partnership. This coming Sunday, visitors who come to the city of Glash��tte can be the first to discover a new park abound with roses, hedges, ornamentals, and grasses. On the occasion of the summer festival organised by the S?chsische Zeitung, A. Lange & Sohne is opening the doors to its manufactory and inviting the public to get acquainted with precision watchmaking in many different ways. The planned ascents in a tethered balloon are likely to be very popular: they offer a totally new outlook on Glash��tte as a hub of horology.

Going back to the operation of the clutch systems, once the split-seconds wheel has been grabbed and stopped by thescissor arms, the clutches must be disengaged in order to stop the flow of power to both the split minute and secondshands. This must happen after the scissor arms do their bit, but only a fraction of a second later. So here, in the photoabove, we get a view of the clutch mechanisms and their engagement and disengagement operation. "A" isthe lever that controls the engagement/disengagement of the clutches. There are two sets of three teeth (B and B')at either end of the lever "A" that are responsible for hooking onto the very fine teethof the clutch release wheels C and C' and turning thewheels in a counterclockwise direction about 30 degrees and thus disengaging both clutches instantly and simultaneously.Of course, when the split button is pressed again, the scissor arms release the split-seconds wheel, the clutches areengaged, and the split hands (minute and seconds) are instantly in perfect synchronization with their partners that havebeen happily recording the main event undisturbed. Imaginative and ingenious indeed!One final observation. We’ve talked a lot about the how the Double Split works. There is however a lot more toa fine watch – the time consuming hand-work that goes into the finishing of the components, each and every miniaturepart. Please have a very close look at this photo, at the graining, beveling, polishing, and even the sides of the leversand springs and try to imagine the time it takes a person to accomplish these standards of personal artistry that onlyhuman hands can bring to life. I strongly suggest you have a look at this animation provided by A. Lange & Söhne, you will certainly get aclearer idea of the A. Lange & Söhne Double Split and its special qualities.