by Kyle Stults on May 04, 2010
1,000 Miles…this way…
Yes, it was just a couple days ago that I showed you a Chopard racing watch – the Chopard Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Chronograph (along with one sweet video of the event). But when it is racing time, it is racing time and the sponsoring watches must follow! The 2010 Mille Miglia will take place this coming Wednesday, May the 5th through Sunday, May the 9th, thus I go again with another Chopard – the Mille Miglia GT XL Chrono for 2010. Chopard’s Mille Miglia watch is truly an iconic sports watch and Chopard has been a sponsor of the race for over 20 years now. So what exactly is “Mille Miglia”? Find out below, after you check out the watch:
Chopard Mille Miglia GT XL Chrono 2010
Limited edition of 2010 pieces in steel (Ref 168459-3019) and a Limited numbered edition of 250 in rose gold (Ref 161268-500)
44mm steel or rose gold case (14.36mm thick), water resistant to 100 meters, COSC-certified movement,
with natural rubber Dunlop Racing strap (1960s racing tire design) with a matching metal folding clasp
A (very) brief history of the Mille Miglia
Originally an open-road endurance race, the 24 original Mille Miglia races took place in Italy between 1927 and 1957 (thirteen before World War II, eleven after). The race was eventually banned in 1957 after the fatal crash of a 4.2-lire Ferrari that took the lives of the Spanish driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator Edmund Nelson, and thirteen spectators, at the village of Guidizzolo. The event was revived in 1982 as a road rally event which originates in Brescia, Italy and ends somewhere 1,000 miles down the road! More at the Official Mille Miglia website!
Did You Know?
The Red Arrow, the mark of the myth.
Historically, the Mille Miglia symbol began as a marker showing the route of the rally, then becoming its most common and easily remembered symbol. The story continues: next to the signals placed along the route at every new edition of the rally, it is fun and interesting to to see the old symbols which have remained along the historical route of the rally.
Graphically, the logo is made of a red arrow – of a determined size and shape – with “1000” written on it in numbers and “Miglia” in letters – in the historically certified, original font. In the tip of the arrow is a white brace pointing in the same direction as the main arrow.
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