Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph Aut - Steel – Ref 8511 – 42mm

Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph Aut - Steel – Ref 8511 – 42mm

Mythic Chopard Mille Miglia, with round black dial and Arabic white numerals and dots for hours. Luminous are excellent. The watch has an inner bezel with tachymeter graduated up to 400. The watch has three sub dials, seconds at 3 o’clock with “1000 Miglia” in red in the inner circle, hours at 6 o’clock and minutes at 9 o’clock. At 12 o’clock comes “Chopard Certified Chronometer”. It is a “Swiss Made” model. The window for the date comes between 4 and 5 o’clock. The hands are white with Sword style. It is a stainless-steel case with screwed back case and crystal sapphire exhibition back. Around comes engraved “1000 Miglia – 1934456 – 50m/165ft – Chopard - 8511”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber ETA 2894-2 and 37 jewels. The watch comes with a black rubber Chopard strap and the original Chopard buckle. Width between lugs is 20mm. Come with box.

History

Louis Ulysse founded the company in 1860. It was the start of “LUC”. His strategy was precision and quality. The turning point of the company is 1963 when he meets Karl Scheufele of Pforzheim who wants to continue the watch activity. It was the beginning of the prosperity for LUC. Since 1996, Chopard makes its own caliber including the 1.96 with mini-motor, the LUC Quattro with four mainsprings barrels, the LUC tourbillon and in 2006 the company own column-wheel chronograph. At the same time, Chopard develops the luxury Fleurier quality seal in conjunction with other companies.

The Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles) was an open-road endurance race, which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before the war, eleven from 1947).

Technical details

Automatic movement with ETA Caliber 2894-2 with 37 jewels, beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and 42 hours of power reserve. It is a Certified Chronometer.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 42mm


Length including lugs: 50mm