The 2025 Chopard Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph Tribute to Sir Stirling Moss and GTS Power Control

It’s that point of yr when gents drivers fine-tune the motors of their traditional and classic racing automobiles in preparation for the enduring Mille Miglia endurance race. Chopard, the official timing companion of the Mille Miglia since 1988, enjoys probably the most enduring partnerships between a watch model and a motorsports occasion. Celebrating its 38^th consecutive yr as sponsor and official timekeeper of the 1,000-mile Italian race, Chopard releases two particular editions from its Mille Miglia assortment. Held from 17-21 June, Chopard’s co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and racing legend Jacky Ickx can be competing behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing.

Matched solely by his ardour for mechanical watchmaking, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele can be an avid collector of classic cars, and the 2025 Version of the Mille Miglia marks his thirty seventh participation within the race. Accompanied by six-time Le Mans 24 Hours race winner Jacky Ickx, the duo will drive from Brescia to Rome and again together with 400 traditional automobiles that conform to the makes and fashions raced within the unique Mille Miglia up till 1957.

2025 Mille Miglia Traditional Chronograph Stirling Moss

In 1955, Sir Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson received the Mille Miglia, reaching an undefeated file time of 10 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds at a mean velocity of 97.96mph. In honour of the seventieth anniversary of this unsurpassed victory, Chopard releases a 70-piece version of the Mille Miglia Traditional Chronograph Tribute to Sir Stirling Moss. Adorned with cues from the racing world, the retro-inspired Traditional Chronograph contains a silvery opaline dial paying homage to the matte silver color of Stirling Moss’ Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, a 300-horsepower open-top roadster and an icon of the Silver Arrows period.

Reflecting the smaller diameter launched to the Traditional Chronograph in 2023, the watch has a 40.5mm diameter with a thickness of 12.8mm and is crafted within the model’s proprietary super-hard and luminous Lucent metal alloy. The pushers, designed to appear like engine pistons, are knurled like the feel of a brake pedal. The notched crown resembles a petroleum tank cap and is topped with a steering wheel motif. Highlighting its retro spirit, a glass-box sapphire crystal over the dial permits extra mild to enter the case, rising the depth of the dial opening.

Fitted with a peripheral tachymeter scale, the chronograph seconds hand has a purple tip, matching the 1000 Miglia emblem under midday. The tricompax chronograph structure has small seconds at 3 o’clock, a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock and a 30-minute counter at 9 o’clock, whereas an angled date window sits between 4 and 5 o’clock.

The caseback options the Mille Miglia insignia on the perimeter, Moss’ record-breaking time and date and an interlocking chequered flag and a Union Jack on the sapphire crystal. The COSC-certified automated chronograph motion – primarily based on the ETA A322-11 – beats at 4Hz, delivers a 54-hour energy reserve and has a stop-seconds function.

The 2025 Chopard Mille Miglia Traditional Chronograph Tribute to Sir Stirling Moss is paired with a perforated rally-style brown calfskin strap and a Lucent metal pin buckle. and priced at EUR 11,100 or CHF 9,750.

2025 Mille Miglia GTS Energy Management

The second timepiece, celebrating a decade of the GTS (Gran Turismo Sport), is a 250-piece Mille Miglia GTS Energy Management. Launched in 2015, the mannequin contains a energy reserve indicator impressed by dashboard gauges, together with a extra modern design. Measuring 43mm in diameter with a thickness of 11.43mm, the brushed and polished Lucent metal case is supplied with a 7mm screw-down crown and caseback, making certain the 100m water-resistance.

The placing salmon dial contains a black aluminium bezel, fingers and hour markers for vivid distinction. A novelty of this version is the snailed small seconds counter, changing the big Arabic 6 of former editions. The long-lasting Mille Miglia purple arrow pointing to the date window is retained together with the signature gasoline gauge-style indicator between 8 and 10 o’clock, which tracks the 60-hour energy reserve of the tank. The utilized and faceted hour markers and fingers are all crammed with black Tremendous-LumiNova, making certain glorious legibility in low mild circumstances.

Outfitted with a sapphire crystal, the caseback reveals the steering wheel-shaped rotor and the grille-style bridges that safe the in-house chronometer-certified 01.02-M calibre, that includes a stop-seconds operate and a 60-hour energy reserve. The 2025 Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Energy Management is paired with a perforated black calfskin strap with a rubber tyre tread lining and a Lucent metal deployant buckle and priced at EUR 7,800 or CHF 6,900.

The 2 restricted editions can be found completely in Chopard boutiques. For extra data, please seek the advice of chopard.com.