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Aug. 08, 1962 - An astronomic watch with world calendar.. has been built by watchmaker Hans Lang (right) from Essen Germany. He needed 3500 hours of work and about 30000 Marks to finish his work. Besides the normal time the 84 cm high watch holds dials for star time, gregorian calendar, world calendar as planned by UNESCO, sun, moon and other astronomic detauls. Lang srted his work in Dresden 1953. In 1958 he fled to western Germany, taking along the parts of the watch which was ready in 1961
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13241276
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47000698
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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