Unique pieces – Restauration and Special Design SPECIAL DES IGN The biggest challenge for the watchmakers of LANG & HEYNE consists in creating and realizing their own ideas. Sometimes, friends and watch enthusiasts give the impetus to particularly unusual watches and mechanics, which are made as individual pieces by LANG & HEYNE . Ideas are developed further and improved in cooperation with LANG & HEYNE and thus, unique pieces are created for the great pleasure of future owners. In addition to the wide knowledge of various antique makings, LANG & HEYNE also have the expertise of today’s making and process engineering. Computer-based constructions, ultra-modern CNC-technology of 1/1000 mm but also the appropriate technology of measurement and control come into operation in order to develop ideas into prototypes and eventually into complete watches. We are happy to find friends and partners among many watch enthusiasts who help us to reach the stars. Under construction since 1994: Seconds pendulum clock with resonance pendulum Inspired by historic role models within the Dresden art collection an extraordinary idea arose together with Alexander Babel, a watch enthusiast with Russian roots: the L&H „Caliber I“ featuring ivory plates and bridges. Our watchmakers investigated the unique features of the material to combine its elegance with the precision of a LANG & HEYNE watch. The fine structure and cream-white colour of Caliber I with plates and bridges manufactured from genuine Mammoth-Ivory the ivory match perfectly with the finely manufactured metal work pieces. Of course we mean no harm to any elephants. The tusk for the limited series of 25 watches comes from a mammoth that died more than 10,000 years ago with its tusk surviving in the Russian permafrost soil. 83
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