2,040 CHF
Mille Miglia – Brescia – Rome – Brescia Classic Car Race Chopard, “Mille Miglia”. No. 0086, case No. 914860, Ref. 8920. Made in 2002 for the Brescia – Rome – Brescia classic car race. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer bezel, date and a black rubber “tire-tread” strap with stainless steel Chopard buckle. To be sold without reserve Three-body, polished, inclined tachometer bezel to 240 UPH, curved lugs, case back with 8 screws and engraved with a map of the Brescia-Rome circuit, sapphire crystal. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, outer fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, red “Mille Miglia 2002” logo, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel baton hands. Based ETA cal. 2892A2 with chronograph module, 37 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hacking feature. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes This watch was made to celebrate the 2002 Brescia to Rome race. This legendary race started in 1927 and is a 1000 mile, three-leg race on normal roads: Brescia to Ferrara to Rome, then through Siena and Florence, back to the starting point.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
