Concours of Elegance in London

The Saxon manufacture is consolidating this connection by partnering with the world's most prestigious public showings of classic cars from years gone by.

At the end of May, a special white-gold edition of the 1815 CHRONOGRAPH was presented to the winner of "Best of Show" at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este on the shores of the Italian Lake Como.

Bearing the competition's emblem on its caseback, it had a copper-tone dial with contrasting dark brown counters. At the beginning of September, a new model dedicated to the elegance of retro cars will be unveiled to the public.

The new exclusive edition of the 1815 CHRONOGRAPH by the company A.  Lange & Söhne will be presented at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace, 18 km southwest of central London on the River Thames (A.  Lange & Söhne have been partners of this event since the year 2018).

There'll be 70 cars rolling up to the baroque palace, once the favorite residence of King Henry VIII. The parallels with the car show on Lake Como and the new watch for the winner of "Best in Show" speak for themselves.

Unlike the Italian version, the English edition of the 1815 CHRONOGRAPH has been given a black dial with silvery rhodié-coloured counters. The new 1815 CHRONOGRAPH “Hampton Court Edition” uses sandstone-coloured numerals and scales.

The case measuring 39.5 mm in diameter is rendered in white gold as before. Its caseback bears the logo for the Concours of Elegance. If you throw back its hinged cuvette, a view is revealed of the Lange L951.5 caliber  introduced in 2010.  This manually wound movement consists of 306 components which have been given a decorative finishing in Glashütte.

Lange L951.5 runs at a frequency of 18,000 vph and ensures a power reserve of 60 hours. After London, the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 CHRONOGRAPH “Hampton Court Edition” is heading to the Geneva Watch Auction: XVI by Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo.

The unique model will be auctioned off on November 6 and the proceeds will be donated to the Prince’s Trust charity, founded by Prince Charles of Wales in 1976 to support young people under the age of thirty.