====== 1815 ====== * The later partner in the famous watch company [[Patek Philippe]], Jean-Adrien Philippe, is born in Bazoche-Guet (France) as the son of a watchmaker. * [[Ferdinand Adolph Lange]], the later founder of [[A. Lange & Söhne]], is born on 18 February in Dresden as son of the gunsmith Samuel Lange. * On 6 October, the Dresden watchmaker [[Gutkaes, Johann Christian Friedrich|Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes]] receives the master craftman's diploma and founds an art watch factory in Dresden, Wilsdruffer Gasse 234. <- [[1814]] | [[1816]] -> {{tag>Year}}