Concorso d'eleganza Villa d'Este, whose 2019 Edition was concluded just as the night of May 26th, awarded Best of Show winner with a single copy LANGE 1 TIME ZONE «Como Edition». The event, which took place between 24th and 26th May, brought together 50 of the most elegant and expensive cars in the world, from 1925 to the present day. The contest was held for the first time in 1929, just before the Black Thursday on Wall Street, to present European coachbuilders. At the awards ceremony, Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne, handed David Sydorick the magnificent hand engraved white gold watch, dedicated to the special occasion. The members of the jury devoted Alfa Romeo 8 c 2900B of 1937 to Best of Show, the most astonishing vehicle of the competition. In his speech at the Concorso d'eleganza Villa d'Este, Wilhelm Schmid highlighted that the classic automobiles and mechanical watches «Embody the quest for an absolute precision and an aesthetic principle that accompanies the proportions of art».
