A. Lange & Söhne

Back in 1994, when the company was reincarnated; were the pieces distributed through ADs; I recall only Alpha Omega in Boston ( one defunct) being an AD! Any insights? Thanks

companies that had early relationships with ALS. One thing is for sure though: They only sold their watches through ADs.

The first dealer outside Europe was Cellini in New York (along with Wempe). This was in 1996, I believe.

I did acquire my first Lange in Europe; it was bought from Wempe; a Langematik anniversary in 2000 ...  

I believe Cellini In NYC was an early adapter. You can check with them if important.

Wempe and Cellini, both in NYC, were the only US ADs until 2002. Cellini had two former stores (Madison Avenue and their amazing Waldorf location), and Wempe had one store (still at 55th and 5th). So basically all US Lange AD's, as well as all of Lange's ... 

were AD according to the list of ADs in the 2001/2002 catalogue. And here are the first ADs back in October 1994 ...