{"id":138614,"date":"2022-08-26T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/?p=138614"},"modified":"2024-04-16T13:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T05:45:52","slug":"a-lange-sohne-concorso-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/a-lange-sohne-concorso-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
Indeed, Lange is a watch brand with an incredible story. Ferdinand Lange was a driven man who was given the opportunity by his foster family to study with the masters at the Technischen Bildungsanstalt of Dresden. He worked with a master clockmaker, Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes of the famous Five-Minute Clock at Dresden\u2019s Semperoper and completed his apprenticeship with honors in 1835. His journeyman years would take him to France, England and Switzerland and give him the chance to work with several well-known watchmakers.<\/p>\n
He dreamed of returning to Saxony and building a watchmaking industry to rival that of the Swiss masters. In 1841, he returned to Dresden and applied to the government for a business license in an economically depressed region, \u201cErzgebirge\u201d in Glash\u00fctte. In the years that followed, he worked tirelessly to realize his dream with his watch company, A. Lange & Cie., and he applied all that he\u2019d learned to building a fledgling watch industry.<\/p>\n
In addition to his own work, Lange took on a team of 15 apprentices to learn the business of watchmaking and encouraged them to establish their own firms in the area. It wasn\u2019t long before Glash\u00fctte was home to a cluster of manufacturers. Lange even served as mayor of Glash\u00fctte for 18 years.<\/p>\n
By 1868, Lange had seven children and the eldest, Richard, had joined the enterprise and prompted the name change to A. Lange & S\u00f6hne (A. Lange & Sons). The company would experience many ups and downs through the nearly two centuries that followed, including the turmoil and shortages of World War II and the destruction of the main production building on the last day of World War II in Europe, May 8, 1945.<\/p>\n
After many years of dissolution when the government seized and merged watch companies to form VEB Glash\u00fctter Uhrenbetriebe, Ferdinand Lange\u2019s great- grandson, Walter Lange, with the help of G\u00fcnter Bl\u00fcmlein, re-established the brand in 1990 and led the company into a new era of Saxony watchmaking success.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Villa d\u2019Este was built in 1568 as a private summer residence in Cernobbio in northern Italy and rests on the western shore of Lake Como. It\u2019s now an opulent hotel with gorgeous views and a beautiful 25-acre landscaped park. Known for the exquisite cuisine, gala celebrations and old- world grandeur, Villa d\u2019Este is also the host for the annual Concorso d\u2019Eleganza or \u201cCompetition of Elegance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event was first held in 1929 and has been organized by the BMW Group for over 20 years. The Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este is a grand spectacle of some of the most incredible vintage and classic cars in the world. Guests to the event are treated to an up-close view of around 50 selected cars from as far back as the 1920s and a handful of 2022\u2019s most exciting models.<\/p>\n
Cars are awarded prizes and trophies in several categories, like the stunning 1934 Bugatti Type 59 from the Pearl Collection (once owned by King Leopold III of Belgium) that took the FIVA trophy for the best-preserved prewar car and the 1954 Maserati A6 GCS MM that took home the ASI trophy for the best-preserved postwar car.
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Since 2012, A. Lange & S\u00f6hne has been a proud partner to the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este. It has fallen to the prestigious watchmaker to create an exclusive award for the \u201cBest of Show\u201d winner. In 2022, the prize was a one-of- a-kind 1815 Chronograph in white gold.
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The winner of the \u201cBest of Show\u201d trophy and the beautiful 1815 Chronograph from A. Lange & S\u00f6hne in 2022 was contributor Andrew Pisker with a gorgeous 1937 Bugatti 57 S. The car was produced by Bugatti in partnership with the Parisian traditional coachbuilder, Vanvooren. The elegant cabriolet was one of only four Bugatti Type 57 S vehicles to be built as a convertible. At one point, the car was owned by the vice president of General Motors, and he swapped out the inline eight-cylinder engine with a Buick V8 for test purposes. Incredibly, the original engine was found 40 years later in a fortuitous Internet search and was returned.<\/p>\n
The special 1815 Chronograph was presented by Wilhelm Schmid to Pisker at the award ceremony.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Movement:<\/b> Manual winding caliber L951.5; 60-hour power reserve
\nFunctions:<\/b> Hours, minutes, small seconds and flyback chronograph with precisely jumping minute counter
\nCase:<\/b> 39.5mm; 18K white gold with hand- engraved hinged cuvette; water resistant to 30m
\nDial:<\/b> Pink gold with brown sub-dials; black Arabic numerals
\nStrap:<\/b> Deep tobacco brown alligator leather; 18K white gold pin buckle
\nPrice:<\/b> Awarded to winner of \u201cBest of Show\u201d at the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este 2022
\nAvailability:<\/b> Pi\u00e8ce unique
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