The Lange Owners Group (LOG) is an exclusive circle of international customers who over the years have taken a keen interest in the development of the A. Lange & Söhne brand.
On a visit to Glashutte in March 2009, members of the LOG presented company founder, Walter Lange, with a donation to support the training of junior watchmakers. As a result the Lange Watchmaking School was able to offer all Lange apprentices the opportunity to win the 'LOG-award' for the second time since the LOG was founded.
Katja König, training manager at the Lange Watchmaking School, explains the competition: "Of our 31 apprentices, 19 took part in the competition. Over the past few weeks they have spent their free time pondering, drawing, calculating and noting down their ideas in order to design the 'Lange watch of the future'. The new design should in essence be a reflection of the Lange philosophy and carry it forward into the future."
The members of the jury include Lange specialists, technologists and construction engineers, who were thrilled by the number of exciting and intelligent ideas. Eric Geißler took first prize by fascinating the jury with his new version of the classic LANGE 1 model.
His visionary design, the LANGE "Lunar Orbit" is a lady's watch with a tonneau shaped case, moon phase display, the typical Lange outsize date and a display of the power reserve. The 21 year old apprentice explained, "It was a challenge for me to accommodate all the typical characteristics of a LANGE 1 in a tonneau-case. This turned out to be difficult at several points due to the lesser width. In doing so, it was important for me to pay attention to the golden cut at all times."
In 2004 Mario Karsch won the first LOG-award with a "striking clock with display of moon phase and starlit sky". The former apprentice now works in the final assembly workshop of Lange.