Chopard Mille Miglia 2017 Race Edition
With its engine-turned dial finish and its counters inspired by vintage car dashboards, the Mille Miglia 2017 Race Edition model issued in limited series of 1,000-piece in steel honours the legendary classic car rally that Chopard has been partnering as official timekeeper since 1988.
This modern and sophisticated new timepiece features optimal legibility and COSC-certified precision, in an imposing 44 mm case water-resistant to 100 metres, enhanced with racing inspired straps.
The undisputed Chopard sports icon since 1988, the Mille Miglia collection was reinvented in 2015 as the new Mille Miglia GTS (Grand Turismo Sport) collection. Composed of eminently masculine watches powered by COSC-certified ‘engines’, it asserted a unique and powerful style drawn from the design of the cars having taken part in the historical Mille Miglia between 1940 and 1957.
The vintage details of the new Chopard Mille Miglia 2017 Race Edition forge its singular character and make it an elegant ‘all-road’ high-performance watch.
Issued in a limited series of 1,000 in steel, this sporty chronograph water-resistant to 100 metres flaunts its imposing lines in a 44 mm-diameter case, completed with traditionally-shaped pushers inspired by car engines, a large fluted crown resembling a fuel tank cap, and a bezel with an aluminium insert bearing the tachymetric scale.
The latter provides an indication useful to drivers in measuring average speed, a decisive factor in endurance racing. Readability is an essential attribute of a watch designed for competition, and this silver-toned dial with its engine-turned finish is enlivened by broad baton-type hands and applied hour-markers painted with Superluminova to ensure perfect legibility in all circumstances.
The traditional engine-turned motif composed of tiny overlapping circles, as well as the font on the snailed counters, evoke a classic car dashboard, enhanced by the contrasting bright red accents of the Mille Milgia logo, the central sweep-seconds hand, and the chronograph hand.
In a further reference to the automobile world, its short streamlined lugs smoothly hugging the wrist embrace a black rubber strap with a 1960s Dunlop racing tyre-tread motif on the steel version, secured by a steel folding clasp.
The Chopard Mille Miglia 2017 Race Edition Chronograph houses a high-precision watch ‘engine’ chronometer-certified by the Swiss Official Chronometer Certification institute (COSC).
Beating at the rate of 28,800 vibrations/hour, the mechanical self-winding chronograph movement powers the hours, minutes, chronograph, tachymeter and date functions, while ensuring 48 hours of autonomy.
This high-performance mechanism is housed in a case with a solid back secured by eight screws and engraved with the famous chequered flag that is waved when a car crosses the finishing line, with the arrow-shaped Mille Miglia logo, as well as the inscription “Mille Miglia 1927-2017”.
Technical details
Model: Chopard Mille Miglia 2017 Race Edition
Ref. 168571-3002 – In steel with rubber strap
Edition
1,000-piece limited edition
Case
Steel
Total diameter: 44.00 mm
Thickness: 13.79 mm
Water-resistant to 100 metres
Steel crown: 8.00 mm
Steel bezel with black aluminium insert
Steel pushers
Glareproofed sapphire crystal
Case-back stamped with the Mille Miglia logo and “Mille Miglia 1927-2017” inscription
Movement
Self-winding chronograph movement
Total diameter: 30.40 mm
Thickness: 7.90 mm
Number of jewels: 25
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Power reserve: approx. 48 hours
Chronometer-certified by the COSC
Dial
Silver-toned dial with engine-turned finish – black and grey varnished inner bezel ring with white transfers
Galvanic-treated silver-toned snailed counter at 6, 9 and 12 o’clock
Metallic black appliques
Metallic black facetted hours and minutes hands
Red (at 6 and 12 o’clock) or metallic black (at 9 o’clock) counter hands
Metallic black red-tipped central sweep-seconds hand
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds
Small second at 9 o’clock
30-minute and 12-hour counters
Date window at 3 o’clock
Tachymetric scale
Strap
Rubber strap inspired by 1960s Dunlop racing tyres
Steel folding clasp
