This May 2016, the most elegant competition in the world took place with an exceptional award: the watchLANGE 1 TIME ZONE ‘Como Edition’by A. Lange & Söhne. A unique piece created for this occasion and intended for the winner of the most beautiful car in the world.Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, where around 50 attendees presented their cars on the sunny shore of Lake Como.

On Sunday the 22nd, the presentation of this masterpiece took place during the awards ceremony within the framework of a gala dinner at the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este. During the evening, Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid did the honors and awarded the “Best of Show” category award to the owner of the 1954 Maserati A6 GCS and, in addition, Wilhelm Schmid had some words of praise for him for the time dedicated to the conservation of cultural property: "I am convinced that every second you have spent restoring a classic car is time wisely invested. What's more, in this process you have avoided the deterioration of a precious work of art. timeless art, safeguarding it for posterity. For this reason, we are rewarding the most exquisite sculpture on wheels with its equivalent for the wrist.”


A. Lange & Söhne has been sponsoring this prestigious vintage car competition since 2012 and, as always, has lived up to expectations with the creation of this collector's gem. HeLANGE 1 TIME ZONE ‘Como Edition’with a white gold design, it has been specially crafted as it is an exclusive edition for the winner of the event. The back of the watch has a hand engraving that can be readConcorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Estesurrounding the coat of arms of the competition that is flanked by two years: 1929 and 2016, years of the first competition and the last. Additionally, the Central European Time on the dial's rotating ring of cities is represented by Como as a tribute.
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