We’ve heard stories of watches and wars, A. Lange & Söhne is one company that was heavily affected by wars. The main production building of A. Lange & Söhne was almost completely destroyed in an air raid on the last night of the war in 1945. Three years following this incident, the expropriation in the Soviet-occupied zone took place and the A. Lange & Söhne brand disappeared. In 1989 when Germany celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall, two men with visions, Walter Lange and Günter Blümlein saw hope and started to rebuild from scattered dreams and turned it into reality. A. Lange and Söhne was brought back to life with the founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange’s values and personality as the foundation to reach new heights in watchmaking industries. Named after their patriarch, Lange 1 was born as the first watch after the A. Lange & Söhne trademark was re-established in the 1990s. The silver dial housed an off-centered time dial at 9 o'clock and a small seconds subsidiary dial at 5 o'clock. Rose gold is applied on the Roman numerals at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock and its alpha hands with diamond-shaped hour index markers. An up/down 72-hour power reserve indicator is placed at 3 o’clock along with the distinctive outsize date feature at 2 that’s become quintessential to A. Lange & Söhne’s timepieces. The reference 101.032 is the first generation of Lange 1 produced in rose gold with a production spanning from 1998 up until 2015. Powered by the Caliber L901.0 visible through a sapphire case back, the movement features the signature hand-engraved balance cock and the three-quarter plate made with untreated German silver. Inspired by Ferdinand Adolph Lange, every timepiece by A Lange & Söhne today is developed with the aim of improving the watch precision, making it more readable or easier to operate. This timepiece not only serves this purpose but is also part of a history.