Motorsport fans have chance to own a Mille Miglia limited edition timepiece

Sport360 staff 17:39 15/03/2018
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  • New release: Mille Miglia Racing Colour watches

    Motorsport fans have a chance to own a piece of  history with a new collection of limited edition watches released including a re-edition of a historical Chopard collection featuring unique dials and intended for gentlemen drivers and collectors.

    The exclusive watches pay tribute to the heyday of motorsports and to the famous Mille Miglia race. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the partnership between Chopard and Mille Miglia, the Maison presents a new collection composed of five Mille Miglia Racing Colours watches.

    Chopard Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele is an expert in collector’s cars and also an accomplished driver. For the past 30 years, he has exercised his skills at the wheel of the most prestigious classic cars, with which he annually competes in the famous race. The annual endurance rally sees more than 400 historical cars covering an enchanting one thousand-mile route from Brescia to Rome and back. This legendary competition has led to the creation of iconic watches bearing the Chopard signature.

    Striking: The yellow time piece

    Striking: The yellow time piece

    National colours for motor racing were first attributed in the 1910s in order to identify the nationality of the competing drivers a colour was allocated to each country. Bright red Rosso Corsa for the Italians, British racing green for the United Kingdom, grey-white for the German “silver arrows”, yellow for the Belgians as in their national flag, and finally blue for the French Bugattis and Talbots. The fact that Ferraris are red and Aston Martins are green is no coincidence, instead stemming from the earliest great races, of which the Mille Miglia was one of the most popular.

    The new collection offers five different colours is an opportunity for fans of the Maison to acquire a collector’s model and to match their outfits with one of these dials or with the bodywork of their car.

    These Mille Miglia Racing Colours are finely crafted 42 mm chronographs assembled by the Chopard master-watchmakers in 300-piece limited series for each dial colour.

    Limited: The 18-carat rose gold wrist clock

    Limited: The 18-carat rose gold wrist clock

    Chopard are also releasing the L.U.C Quattro, a 43 mm watch in 18-carat rose gold featuring a vertical satin-brushed silver dial equipped with a L.U.C mechanical movement with manual winding. The watch is presented on blue calfskin bracelet with brown alligator lining. A limited edition of just 50 pieces.

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