Chopard Honors Mille Miglia with Vintage Timepiece

One of the most well-known auto races in history, the original Mille Miglia was a 1,000-mile endurance race that was held on the open roads of Italy from 1927 to 1957-with a break for WWII, of course When the event was eventually resurrected in 1977, it was no longer a race-minimizing the opportunity for accidents-and the only cars that could enter were vintage models that existed during the time frame of the original race In celebration of this 30-year partnership, the company has introduced a new watch to its Mille Miglia collection-joining the Mille Miglia Racing Edition 2018 we covered earlier this year-the Classic Chronograph Racing Stripes Edition.

The new watch takes a great deal of visual inspiration from the cars of the U.S Cunningham race team, which painted blue stripes down the center of its vehicles While Briggs Cunningham and his team never won the race, their paint job persisted.

As the new Mille Miglia only accepts cars from the classic race's era, Chopard wanted the 42 mm steel-cased watch to have a vintage look, as well The Chopard Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph Racing Stripes Edition is limited to 50 pieces and will only be available at U.S boutiques. Source