A. Lange & Söhne & classic cars
For the eighth time, the “Best of Show” winner of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este was awarded a LANGE 1 TIME ZONE “Como Edition”
For Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid, classic cars and watches represent beauty, elegance, and practicality. In his speech that came at the end of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the evening of May 26, 2019 in Como, he said that they embody the pursuit of ultimate precision and an aesthetic principle that follows the proportions of art.
At the awards ceremony, he presented David Sydorick from the USA a white gold LANGE 1 TIME ZONE “Como Edition”, hand-engraved for the special occasion. The jury crowned his Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B from 1937 “Best of Show”, the competition’s most stunning car. David Sydorick has already received this award in 2015 for an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider Zagato.
The prize, donated by A. Lange & Söhne since 2012, is intended to recognise the time and effort the owner invests in preserving their automotive work of art for posterity. In his speech, Schmid emphasised this idea in particular, when he said that our responsibility goes beyond the present day, and added that all the participants are all preserving a piece of rich cultural heritage for the future.
Lange & Söhne’s partnerships with Classic Days Castle Dyck (August 2-4, 2019) and the Concours of Elegance Hampton Court Palace (September 6-8, 2019) are also based on this conviction. These are the meeting places for ambitious collectors and connoisseurs who feel duty-bound to preserve cultural values.
