New accolades

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New accolades - A. Lange & Söhne
The Zeitwerk Minute Repeater and Walter Lange honored in Basel.

The Zeitwerk Minute Repeater was named Technical Star of the year in the Watchstars Awards 2015/2016. Within the scope of the Watch of the Year 2016 awards, Walter Lange received a prize for his lifework. The awards were announced  on 17 March during a press conference at the Baselworld show.

Composed of 51 international watch experts, the jury of the Watchstars Awards 2015/2016 chose the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater because the German brand had presented an outstanding reinterpretation of this fascinating complication, the jury said. The independent watch prize is awarded in five categories. Only jury members may nominate models and cast votes.

Also in Basel, Walter Lange received the jury’s honorary prize for his lifetime achievements by the Armbanduhren magazine and the weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag. The prize recognises Walter Lange’s role in the renaissance of the watch industry in Glashütte after Germany was reunified. Walter Lange, 91, who was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany last year, commented: “The success of our watches is the biggest honour for me.”

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