This was an era marked by drastic changes. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, stores were opened between 1991 and 1996 in Leipzig’s Mädler-Passage, at Dresden’s Altmarkt and on Friedrichstraße in the centre of Berlin. After the Glashütter manufacturer A. Lange & Söhne was sold by the fiduciary and subsequently revived, mechanical watches objects d’art were once again produced in the highest quality.Wempe was among the first authorized points of sale. During this period, US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright became known for wearing brooches at public appearances. When one head of state called her “The Snake,” she countered by wearing a snake-shaped brooch to her next meeting with that same representative. The US press promptly christened strategic move “brooch diplomacy.”