Each year since Chopard has been a partner and the official timekeeper of the Mille Miglia, the House has been presenting a new series of timepieces as part of its collection in tribute to the legendary race. Throughout the decades, these iconic watches have become eagerly-awaited collectors' pieces, as much for their rarity – they are released in limited numbers – as for the way they express the inseparable ties between classic cars and mechanical sports watches. A chronograph is part of the essential gear for any Gentleman Driver, and that is why each team participating in the Mille Miglia receives that year's Mille Miglia Race Edition watch at the start of the race. The 2020 edition is available in two versions, each equipped with a chronometer-certified movement: 1,000 watches in microblasted DLC-coated stainless steel, and 250 in microblasted DLC-Coated stainless steel and ethical rose gold.

 

CASE

METAL: Stainless Steel

CASE DIMENSIONS: 42mm

DIAL: black color obtained through galvanic treatment - circular satin finish - Arabic numerals coated with Super-LumiNova

WATER-RESISTANT: 50 meters

CROWN MATERIAL: stainless steel

CASE-BACK: see-through sapphire crystal

CROWN TYPE: screw-down

FRONT GLASS: glareproofed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal

 

MOVEMENT

TYPE OF WINDING: self-winding mechanical movement

FUNCTION: chronograph seconds hand, 30-minute counter, 12-hour counter, hours and minutes, small seconds, date

FREQUENCY: 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour)

JEWELS: 27

 

STRAP & BUCKLE

 

BUCKLE TYPE: pink buckle

BUCKLE MATERIAL: stainless steel