Check out MarcoLangWatches dot com . It's a watch that can be worn with either side up ... depending on whether you feel like looking at the dial or movement.
Geneva came under the rule of Jean Calvin during the French Wars of Religion when Huguenots fled France to Protestant regions in Germany and Switzerland. The Huguenot Cross was made up of a Maltese cross with four fleur-de-l is at the cross intersections. Take out the Maltese cross (adopted by Vache
MTR ... that was what I heard when I enquired at HMC a few years ago. It was a complex mechanism and very expensive to make and service. I got mine new in WG about 3 years ago and it's been functioning beautifully... will have it serviced ($$$$) when it needs to be.
Congratulations. Of all the watches F.P. Journe could have given his 'mentor' George Daniels, he chose to give Daniels this watch...the platinum Chronomètre Souvrain. Having had one for a while now, I know why.
I contacted Lang, and his rep. told me that they did indeed liquidate one of his businesses. He still has one left; so Saso, you were right; one business was liquidated. I didn't know he had two, but he's certainly in business still... wonder what will be next?
I talked with a rep from Rolf Lang Dresden and the notice by Saso (re: north data) was about the "liquidation" of a business relationship with some Russian company; not the company.
From Northdata... "Rolf Lang Dresden GmbH, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel, Am Alten Königsberg 20, 01816 Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel. If only one liquidator is appointed, he represents the company alone. If several liquidators are appointed, the company will be represented jointly by two liquidators. E