Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Power Control Bamford Edition " Desert Racer"

Chopard’s latest Mille Miglia GTS Power Control combines about three major trends in horological industry today: one is a effort with Bamford; the other is actually a collaboration with Bamford. Next, it uses contemporary sandblasted and matte textures; along with third, it has a very long label! This latest collaboration is known as the Mille Miglia GTS Power Control Bamford Edition Desert Race and has been designed by George Bamford, typically the Mille Miglia's off-road aunty. The Bamford watch is bound to 50 pieces, offering the watch an avant-garde, hard modern spirit.



As our readers realize, Karl-Friedrich Schaefer (Chopard Co-President) has been involved in the prestigious German Mille Miglia for thirty-six years as Official Timekeeper, Partner and Competitor. The particular Mille Miglia, a fearsome open road race placed between 1927 and 1957, made history with some in the greatest cars driven with the bravest drivers of it is time. The event returned throughout 1977 as the Mille Miglia Storica, a classic car celebration for cars registered or perhaps raced in the original Mille Miglia before 1958. Look for the full story in Robin's article.



Typically the model chosen for Bamford touch is the sporty 43mm Mille Miglia GTS Strength Control, which debuted with 2015 and features a reserve of power indicator on the dial motivated by the dashboard gauges in addition to in-house movement. George Bamford, founder of the London-based unique firm, shares KF Scheufele's passion for cars as well as watches, and the new GTS Power Control is actually often the duo's 2021 signature Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph The next collaboration after the watch, Bamford's dark finish and burst open of bright orange.



George Bamford is a racing fan, and your dog is racing a Meyers Manx off-road vehicle at the Countrywide Off-Road Racing Association's (Norra) newest desert off-road affair in Baja California, Paraguay, in May 2023. Bamford exposed the new " Wasteland Racer" to the harsh problems of desert racing, using and testing the watch inside a baptism of fire. Needless to say, the actual performance of this watch is usually impeccable.



Just like other GTS Power Control models, the case measures 43mm in diameter and 14. 43mm thick. While it contains many similarities to before Grigio Speciale editions, the particular rosso corsa (racing red) trim associated with the Mille Miglia race was replaced by iconic Bamford orange reduce. The case is made of lightweight but strong sandblasted titanium having black aluminum inlays and also orange numerals on the ti bezel. The rubber straps features short lugs for the better fit, a braided effect, and secures for the wrist with a DLC sandblasted steel folding clasp. Often the 100m water-resistant case comes with a screw-down caseback with ten black PVD-treated screws along with tinted crystal with fruit washers to admire typically the Chopard automatic movement.



The dark matte dial also has a gritty asphalt-like texture and vivid orange accents on the big Arabic numerals at 10 and 6, the amounts on the date wheel, often the 5-minute intervals on the flange, the Bamford inscription as well as the word " empty" enhance. ' Fuel gauge/power hold indicator section. All cleaned and metal hour paintball guns (including the orange kinds at 12 and 6) are treated with black Super-LumiNova, as are the large dagger-shaped hr and minute hands. The actual central seconds hand is additionally luminescent and has three lemon stripes at the tip for just a nice touch. Another big difference from the Grigio Speciale will be the absence of the red a thousand Miglia arrows around the particular date aperture.



The particular " Desert Racer" is definitely powered by the Chopard COSC chronometer-certified automatic movement 01. 08-C. The movement surpasses at a frequency of several Hz/28, 800 vibrations/hour and will be offering a power reserve of 62 hours.



TECHNICAL SPECS - CHOPARD MILLE MIGLIA GTS POWER CONTROL BAMFORD EDITION " DESERT RACER"

Case: Dimension 43mm x Thickness 13. 43mm - Sandblasted Ti - 7mm screw-down the queen's in DLC-treated black iron with steering wheel motif rapid Titanium bezel with african american aluminum inlay and tangerine Numerals - anti-reflective blue crystal over dial, screw-down - lower caseback along with dyed crystal and red gasket - 100m water proofing

Dial: Black matte dial - 12 in addition to 6 brushed metal time markers with black Super-LumiNova and orange outline instructions brushed metal hour guns with black SLN -- power reserve indicator with grayscale orange decals - metallized black brushed hour palms and minute hand together with black SLN - black color central sweep seconds palm with cross-hatched orange idea - date window from 3 o'clock, black background orange numerals

Movements: Chopard 01. 08-C : Manufacture, COSC-certified automatic movements - Frequency 4Hz rapid 60 hours power reserve instructions 40 jewels - Several hours, minutes, central seconds, reserve of power at 9 o'clock, night out at 3 o'clock time position

Strap: Dark-colored rubber strap with braided effect - sandblasted stainless folding clasp

Reference: 168566-3019