Marco Lang – independent watchmaker

Marco Lang was born in 1971 and grew up in the atmosphere and challenge of the Dresden watch making tradition.

As a sixth – generation watchmaker, he could already learn by observing his father Rolf Lang who worked as head restorer in the Mathematical / Physical Cabinet (Mathematisch Physikalischer Salon), one of the world-famous collections of watches and precision mechanical instruments.

Rolf Lang suggested that his son should first of all learn the basics of metal working and sent him to Glashütte for three years in order to serve an apprenticeship in precision mechanic. 

Again, in this important historic town, Marco was inevitably inspired by the watch-making tradition.

After the reunion of Germany, Marco found his way to Ihno Fleßner, a north German watch expert. During these years as an assistant, Marco worked on the production of fine precision pendulum clocks.

His father Rolf Lang, who in the meantime was working as an instructor for “A. Lange & Söhne”, introduced his first apprentice Mirko Heyne to the shop. As two kindred spirits in watch-making they teamed up and founded the watch manufacture “Lang & Heyne”. 

Lang und Heyne saw their entrepreneurial opportunity in their talent of watch-making and as bringing a completeness to the existing watch companies of Glashütte. They wanted to make their creations even more personal, more hand-crafted and more traditional.

Just one year later, Lang & Heyne were able to present their watch models on the trade fair in Basle and within one week the order book of the little workshop was packed. Although the success was great, it still hampered the development of the creative power of the two watch makers. Disagreement concerning the future of the business led to the resignation of Mirko Heyne in the summer of 2002. 

Still, the workshop “Lang & Heyne” carries the name and the spirit of the two gifted watch makers, which in the meantime became a synonym for fine watch-making in Dresden.

Marco, whose favourite place is the watchmaker’s work table, continued on his way as an independent watch creator. His aim is to inspire watch enthousiasts by his fine watches and not by the size of the company. At the end of 2003, he sold his shop in order to concentrate fully on the creation of his watches.

The watch manufacture “Lang & Heyne” found its new home in a mansion surrounded by the green fields and woods around Dresden. Here, Marco is working together with three other enthusiastic colleagues. An exclusive series of just 30 to 40 watches per year leaves the small manufacture after he has assembled, precisely adjusted and signed the watches himself.

After a three-year candidature, Marco became a member of the AHCI, the international association of independent and creative watch makers. The manufacture “Lang & Heyne” is committed to this exclusive club of outstanding watchmakers. It is an honour to be able to match the quality, the creativity and the skills of watch-making of the best watch-makers in the world. 

Marco Lang actually assembles his watches for himself and claims that he himself enjoys his watches more than anyone else. However, he is also happy to share his enthusiasm for the classical art of watch-making with watch enthusiasts.