Discover The Legend of German High Watchmaking
October 10, 2007, 7pm - Sincere Watch Academy (SWA), Singapore
The speaker for the session was Mr.Anthony de Hass (Head of Product Development, A. Lange & Sohne).
Some of the guests already arrived before 7pm to get the best seats.
Organic food and drinks were served. Great for people who watched their health.
Strangely this caterer's organic food and drinks taste good.
However, this was my stop! Woww..Octoberfest is here... freshly microbrewed beer with sausages. Good stuff!
Mr. Anthony de Hass just arrived at 4pm. Now he has to work ..or play.
A Dutchman. What is he doing in a German manufacturing? His previously working experience as a watchmaker in IWC and Renaud & Papi specialising in complications. Anyway he works very well with his German colleagues,as they are culturally very proud of their crafts and always strive for perfection.
More joined in the fun later...urpp...the beer...
Two watchmakers were still on duty. Their room was just beside the training room.
Which house do these casings belong to?
At 7:05pm, the session began. Patrick Tan, the Headmaster or the Principal of SWA gave the opening speech and introduced Anthony.
He also touched on the fast rate of growth of ALS in term of factory space and skilled labour. However the quantity produced did not increase, only the complexity of the watches increased. They will continue to focus in building more complicated pieces.
Question and answer session...
Some of the questions asked ( the answers were based on my memory and interpretation) :
1) Will ALS produce sport watches? No.
2) Will ALS produce new Ladies' range? Not just add diamonds to the bezel. ..In the pipeline, however, still pursuing to get the ' shape which could be associated with 'Lange'.
3) Why ALS and Sincere discouraged the watches to be opened by other non-ALS watchmakers? Its the handling of the German silver.
4) Will ALS consider using new material? Yes, ALS has tested even silicium, and also observing the progress. However, the philosophy of ALS is the watches we bought today, must be able to be serviceable in 100 years time or beyond. As long as the parts are made of metal, it is easier to fabricate then new material which need special processes and machinery.
Kong
This message has been edited by Kong on 2007-10-11 13:06:44