Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> --- "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Hi Seth, > > > > Lange didn't just decide to close up the shop early > > one day and take a > > long vacation. > > > > The factory, equipment and lands were seized by the > > East German > > government after the war. Greg: yes, I knew that; it was just what I was talking about. What has been most stunning is Lange's ability to recruit and train an entire new generation of people to produce to a level of quality that matches any watchmaking ever done (we'll probably start a thread arguing that proposition). Would that Solms could do the same! Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html