Photo Report: Exploring The 2024 Audrain Newport Concours With A. Lange & Söhne
The Audrain Newport Concours d’Elegance has become one of the premier automotive events in the United States as it extends the reach of the local Audrain Auto Museum into a multi-day event with a Tour d’Elegance and a stunning concourse event. Set in the picturesque town of Newport, Rhode Island, this celebration of automotive excellence brings together car enthusiasts, collectors, and manufacturers from around the world. As with many such events, the festivities are a natural home for collaboration with high-end watchmaking, and, for the second consecutive year, the Audrain Newport Concours d’Elegance is supported by A. Lange & Söhne.
The Breakers is an amazing place to host such an event.
Last year, my colleague Malaika Crawford attended the event and wrote a lovely story about the connection between Lange and the Audrain. For our second outing, I figured a classic photo report was ideal – but stay tuned for more specialized coverage in the coming weeks.
This photo set covers a day at the main event, Sunday’s Audrain Newport Concours d’Elegance 2024, where a huge display of cars, watches, and more takes to the lawn at The Breakers, a Gilded Age mansion that graces the shoreline of Newport and offers a truly fantastic background for the event.
All in all, it was a lovely sunny day spent strolling around the many cars, chatting with the owners, snapping wrist shots, and watching the award ceremony for this professionally judged event. Some of you may remember that I attended the Consorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este on Lake Como with A Lange & Söhne many years ago. For all intents and purposes, the Audrain is the Como event’s American cousin, but that’s not to say that the show doesn’t have a personality all its own.
With over 180 cars on display, we were treated to pre-war classics, supercars, vintage racers, and even entries from the ’80s and ’90s. A. Lange & Söhne is the key sponsor for the event and, much as I discovered on Lake Como, Lange’s corporate passion for vintage and collector cars comes from the top, as the brand’s CEO, Wilhelm Schmid, is a consummate car enthusiast and collector.
Best of Show was presented by Mr. Schmid (sadly, after I had to head to the airport) to a 1959 Maserati 3500 GT Bertone Coupe, and Lange had a large booth at the event, complete with the requisite giant Datograph, where show-goers could get a closer look at a range of new and notable A. Lange & Söhne models – including the recent Datograph Handwerkskunst and the one-of-one Datograph Up/Down Hampton Court Edition. The latter will be offered at auction in November, with all proceeds supporting The Prince’s Trust.
Now, on with the photos…
Starting strong with a Zeitwerk!
A BMW 3.5 CSL “Batmobile”.
An Alpine A110 racecar.
The entirely extra wing on the 3.5 CSL
Matt Hranek of W.M. Brown doing his thing with a Lange 1.
A Zagato-bodied Fiat V8, one of my absolute favorites from this year’s showings.
The owner of an Odysseus checks out my titanium GMT from Longines.
My old pal and Hodinkee alum Blake Buettner (now running The Deep Track) sporting a white dial Rolex Daytona (one of many Daytona’s at the show, unsurprisingly).
Old and older.
An A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Tourbillon.
Eat your heart out, Spirit of Ecstasy.
Matthew Ivanhoe of The Cultivated Collector in a sporty Patek Philippe 5524G.
Italian and German.
A 1960 Cadillac.
A Panerai Luminor GMT PAM 00088.
Seeing an E36 at a vintage car show makes me feel old, but everything looks good on TEs.
A Datograph on a bracelet!
Another race-ready Alpine A11o.
The smaller-sized 36.8mm Little Lange Moon Phase Ref. 182.086 with an aventurine dial.
A long-time supporter of the Audrain, comedian and car personality Jay Leno was sporting a white gold Lange 1 Time Zone while visiting with others at the show.
A Fiat Panda 4×4.
An A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Thin.
Never upset about seeing an F40. No notes.
The Datograph spotting continues.
A white gold Saxonia Thin.
An early Ferrari, the 1951 212 Export.
A somewhat more uncommon sight from Ulysse Nardin.
Another 1951 Ferrari 212 Export, but this time with darling coachwork from Vignale.
Reverso goodness.
Hard to be certain, but I think this is an Alvis TE21 (good plates).
Spotted a well-loved Aquanaut.
All that glitters.
Heavy hitter – the A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetrual Tourbillon Honeygold Lumen. Wow.
A truly gorgeous 1939 BMW 328 Roadster. Check out the details below.
I spoke with the owner of this watch, who had a car in with the same wheel as the dial of this watch. When he found it on eBay, he “kinda had to have it.”
A green M.A.D. 1 Edition 1.
Old and new.
*Chef’s kiss*
My favorite watch of the entire event – a titanium A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus. I haven’t seen one since it was released, and this was a welcome reminder that this is still one of the coolest high-end sports watches ever made. Thanks for bringing it, Paul.
A Meyers Manx that is powered by an aircraft-sourced radial engine. I need to drive this (or at least hear it).
The perfectly minimal cockput of the radial Meyers Manx.
On to the extreme flake of this pink four-seater Manx. And yes, the shift knob is a dandelion. Also yes, I love it.
My friend Hagop Kaladjian of Meyers Manx sporting a darling little Swatch.
One of several Emory Motorsports Outlaw Porsches on display.
Friend, crack photographer, and Content & Community Manager for Revolution sporting a sweet vintage Seiko 6139 chronograph.
There’s always money in the coffee-mobile.
An A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret on a matching bracelet, the first I’ve ever seen in person.
Had to ask to see the back, of course.
A Seiko 5 Sports SRPD61.
A modern Rolex Daytona on the Oysterflex rubber strap.
An example from the “30 under 30” category (owner under 30 years, car under $30,00o), an NA Mazda Miata.
An IWC Da Vinci!
A shining Lange Zeitwerk on a very fun strap.
Hodinkee
