MARCO LANG was born in 1971 in Thuringia. When he was four years old he moved with his parents and his sister to Dresden.

As a fifth - generation watchmaker, he had already learned by observing his father Rolf Lang who worked as head restorer in the Mathematics and Physics 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 to serve as an apprentice in precision mechanics. Again, in this important historic town, Marco was inevitably inspired by the watch-making tradition.

Left: Model of anchor escapement, created in 1920 by great-grandmother Martha (Hartding) Lang

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. After seven instructive years, Marco returned to Dresden with his master certificate where he built up his own shop as a watch creator and restorer. True to the family tradition, Marco soon made his mark among German watch enthousiasts.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 and Heyne saw their entrepreneurial opportunity in their talent of watch-making. They wanted to make their creations even more personal, more hand-crafted and more traditional than the existing watch companies of Glashütte. Just one year later, Lang and 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 about 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 has become a synonym for fine watch-making.
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 enthusiasts 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 his enthusiastic colleagues. An exclusive series of just 30 to 40 watches per year leaves the small manufacture after he has signed the certificate.

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.

«The way from the first vision to the final
watch is long and requires much work.
However, it's a great pleasure for me
to manage this way step-by-step,
to create something unique
which will probably live longer than me.
A pleasure, which I want to share with
associates and watch enthusiasts
from all over the world.»