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| Industry | Watches |
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Headquarters | , Germany |
| Products | Watches and timepieces |
Number of employees | 15 [1] |
| Website | www |
Lang & Heyne is a manufacturer of luxury wristwatches based in Dresden, Germany. [2] [3]
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| Industry | Watches |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , Germany |
| Products | Watches and timepieces |
Number of employees | 15 [1] |
| Website | www |
Lang & Heyne is a manufacturer of luxury wristwatches based in Dresden, Germany. [2] [3]
Marco Lang began as a precision mechanics apprentice and later, after the German reunification allowed him to, spent a further seven years in horology study. In 2001, he and his friend Mirko Heyne formed Lang & Heyne in Dresden. Whilst their partnership ended in 2003, when Heyne joined Nomos Glashütte, the favourable terms of their split allowed the company name to remain. [1] [4] [5] In 2005 Lang, a fifth-generation watchmaker, was accepted as a member of Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants. [6]
Current models as of 2015 include Augustus, Köning Johann, and Friedrich August I. [7] The names are all chosen from the Fürstenzug, a large 19th-century mural in Dresden depicting rulers of Saxony, which Lang personally visits on completion of each design.[ citation needed ]
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