Sometimes you have to dream big.

When I dream big about watches, the A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1 often plays a starring role.  I don’t know what it is about this watch, but I absolutely love it.  It’s a bit different, but still has that classic appearance.  At $30K it’s definitely pricey – you could buy 5-10 great watches for that amount of money.  But then again, if you’re buying a $30K, money probably isn’t a problem, right?

The history of the watch is pretty interesting.  Here’s an abbreviated version the entry from Wikipedia:

Lange was founded in 1845 by Ferdinand Adolph Lange in the town of Glashütte, near Dresden, in the eastern state of Saxony. Under Ferdinand, and then, following his death, his sons Emil and Richard, Lange produced quality pocket watches, the company’s very best products generally being given the “1A” designation. Under subsequent generations of the Lange family the company continued to produce pocket watches and, like many German watch makers, produced special over-sized wrist watches for use by German airmen in World War II.

In 1948, the post-war Soviet administration expropriated the company’s property, and the Lange brand ceased to exist. However, in 1990, following the collapse of the East German government, the founder’s great-grandson, Walter Lange, together with watch industry executive Günter Blümlein, restored the company with the assistance of several Swiss watch manufacturers, including IWC. The refounded Lange, again operating from Glashütte, presented its first range of wrist watches in 1994. Today, A. Lange & Söhne (litt. A. Lange & Sons) wrist watches are sold globally and Lange, like IWC, is a member of the Richemont group.

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