The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 465

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

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 950 - 1,600 / USD 1,500 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 2,040

C. 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. D. 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. M. 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.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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.