Reinhard Meis

Reinhard Meis is a German watchmaker and technical writer in the area of historical watches. He was born Februar 9th, 1940 in Koppelow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany).

Since 1991 Reinhard Meis was technical advisor and product designer for the LMH (Les Manufactures Horologeres), to which belonged the companies IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Lange Uhren GmbH. After the restart of A. Lange & Söhne he contributed significantly to the constructional development of the "new" Lange watches.

In 2018, Reinhard Meis received the prestigious Prix Gaïa Histoire-Recherches award.

Works

• A. Lange and Söhne. Eine Uhrmacher-Dynastie aus Dresden
• Taschenuhren. Von der Halsuhr zum Tourbillon
• Das Tourbillon: Faszination der Uhrentechnik
• IWC-Uhren. Die "Schaffhauser" and ihre Geschichte
• Chronographen, Armbanduhren
• Antike Uhren. Neuerwerbungen Uhrenmuseum Beyer, Zürich
• Die alte Uhr I. Geschichte, Technik, Stil
• Taschenuhren. Geschichte and Technik