Chopard Mille Miglia Automatic Chronograph Chronometer Ref. 8920 Full Set Box Papers COSC Swiss Made Inv R#735

Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph – Swiss Certified Chronometer – Full Set – From Personal Collection

Sale Price: $6,750 OBO
Condition: Pre-Owned / Collector-Owned
Brand: Chopard
Collection: Mille Miglia
Type: Automatic Chronograph
Origin: Switzerland
Seller: HighTech Labs LLC
Availability: One watch from a personal collection

🏁 Where Swiss Watchmaking Meets Legendary Italian Motorsport

This is more than a luxury chronograph. It represents the meeting of Swiss watchmaking tradition and one of the most celebrated names in historic European motorsport: the Mille Miglia.

Offered from my personal collection, this Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph combines a dramatic black racing-inspired dial, chronograph instrumentation, stainless-steel construction and an intricately decorated Mille Miglia caseback.

For the collector who appreciates watches, automobiles and history, it is a fascinating conversation piece.

🇨🇭 The Chopard Story — Dating Back to 1860

The Chopard story began in 1860, when Louis-Ulysse Chopard established his watchmaking workshop in Sonvilier, Switzerland.

Chopard developed a reputation for precision timekeeping and eventually grew into an internationally recognized Swiss luxury watch and jewelry house.

More than a century later, Chopard’s watchmaking heritage would become intertwined with another extraordinary tradition—the Mille Miglia.

🇮🇹 The Mille Miglia — “A Thousand Miles”

The original Mille Miglia, meaning “Thousand Miles,” was first held in Italy in 1927.

Rather than being confined to a conventional racetrack, the historic competition sent some of the world’s remarkable automobiles and drivers over a roughly thousand-mile Italian road course.

The race became closely associated with the journey:

BRESCIA → ROMA → BRESCIA

The original speed-race era ran from 1927 to 1957, leaving behind extraordinary photographs of drivers, spectators and machines that have become part of European motorsport history.

🏎️ Chopard + Mille Miglia

A major chapter began in 1988, when Chopard established its partnership with the revived historic Mille Miglia and became associated with the event as sponsor and official timekeeper.

That relationship inspired an enduring family of Chopard Mille Miglia timepieces.

Chopard has also described a particularly interesting tradition surrounding the event: participating crews receive the year’s Mille Miglia chronograph bearing their car’s competition number engraved on the caseback.

The relationship between Chopard and Mille Miglia therefore goes considerably deeper than simply placing a racing emblem on a watch.

⌚ The Watch

The centerpiece is its striking black chronograph dial.

Large luminous Arabic numerals provide an unmistakably sporting appearance, while the three-register chronograph arrangement evokes the instrumentation of a classic racing automobile.

The famous red 1000 MIGLIA arrow provides an immediate visual connection with the Italian event.

Surrounding the dial is a racing-inspired bezel with a tachymeter scale, further reinforcing the motorsport character.

Key Features

• Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph
• Swiss-made mechanical timepiece
• Automatic movement
• Certified Chronometer designation displayed on dial
• Black racing-inspired dial
• Large luminous Arabic hour numerals
• Three chronograph subdials
• Central chronograph seconds hand
• Date display
• Red 1000 MIGLIA emblem
• Tachymeter-style bezel
• Stainless-steel case
• Stainless-steel bracelet
• Chronograph pushers
• Signed crown
• Mille Miglia-themed engraved caseback
• Swiss luxury watchmaking heritage

🗺️ Don’t Overlook the Caseback

The back of this watch deserves almost as much attention as the dial.

Its elaborate Mille Miglia-themed engraving transforms the caseback into a miniature tribute to the historic Italian event, incorporating the racing-route theme and references to Brescia and Roma.

Look through the detailed photographs and compare the engraving with the historic Mille Miglia imagery included in the presentation.

It is one of the details that gives this watch considerably more personality than an ordinary luxury chronograph.

🏁 Designed for the Watch Collector AND the Car Enthusiast

This is an especially interesting piece for someone whose interests overlap:

Fine Swiss Watches • Chopard Collecting • Mechanical Chronographs • Classic Automobiles • Italian Motorsport • Historic Racing • Mille Miglia Memorabilia

A collector doesn’t necessarily have to be a racing enthusiast to appreciate it—but anyone passionate about vintage automobiles will immediately understand why the Mille Miglia connection makes the watch special.

📦 Collector Presentation / Full Set

This example is presented as a full-set watch with its accompanying Chopard presentation materials shown in the photographs.

The presentation adds significantly to the enjoyment of a collectible luxury watch, particularly when compared with a watch offered by itself.

Please carefully review all listing photographs for the exact watch, boxes, paperwork/booklets and accessories included in the sale.

Photographs form an important part of the description.

💛 From My Personal Collection

This isn’t being presented as an anonymous watch pulled from general inventory.

It comes from my personal collection and is now being offered to another collector or enthusiast who appreciates the history behind the Chopard Mille Miglia.

SALE PRICE: $6,750 OBO

Reasonable offers are welcome.

HighTech Labs LLC
☎️ 415-200-5635

Important Collector’s Note

Vintage and pre-owned luxury watches can have variations in references, movements, bracelets, accessories, service history and original factory configuration. Buyers should examine the supplied high-resolution photographs carefully and verify any reference, serial, movement or production-specific details that are important to them before purchasing.

Unless specifically documented, historical information about Chopard and the Mille Miglia describes the collection and partnership generally and should not be interpreted as proof that this particular watch was issued to, worn by, or competed with a Mille Miglia racing team.

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🏁 WHAT IF A WATCH COULD CARRY NEARLY 100 YEARS OF MOTOR-RACING HISTORY—AND MORE THAN 160 YEARS OF SWISS WATCHMAKING—ON YOUR WRIST? ⌚🏎️🇨🇭

Don’t just watch the first few seconds of this Reel. Browse through every photo. You’ll travel from the beginnings of Chopard in Switzerland, through the golden age of Italian road racing, to the remarkable Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph from my personal collection.

The dial tells you the time. The history tells you why this watch matters.

⌚ IT STARTED IN SWITZERLAND — 1860

Long before the Mille Miglia existed, Louis-Ulysse Chopard established his watchmaking workshop in Sonvilier, Switzerland, in 1860.

He built his reputation producing precision watches at a time when Swiss watchmaking depended upon extraordinary craftsmanship, patience and mechanical skill.

From those beginnings, the Chopard name would eventually grow into an internationally recognized Swiss luxury watch and jewelry house.

But decades later, the Chopard story would intersect with something completely different:

Racing. 🏁

🏎️ ITALY, 1927 — THE MILLE MIGLIA IS BORN

Imagine Italy nearly a century ago.

No modern racing circuits. No sophisticated telemetry. No electronic driver aids.

Instead, magnificent machines raced over public roads while enormous crowds gathered along the route.

The Mille Miglia—Italian for “Thousand Miles”—began in 1927. The famous competition became associated with a roughly thousand-mile journey beginning and ending in Brescia, with Rome forming one of the defining points of the route.

BRESCIA → ROMA → BRESCIA 🇮🇹

Look carefully at the historical photographs in this Reel. You’ll see competitors, spectators and extraordinary automobiles from this era—including imagery associated with the OM 665 and the 1929 Mille Miglia.

These photographs aren’t simply decoration.

They represent the racing world that inspired the watch on my wrist.

🏁 THEN CAME CHOPARD — 1988

More than six decades after the first Mille Miglia, another chapter began.

In 1988, Chopard became associated with the revived historic Mille Miglia as sponsor and official timekeeper, beginning a long-running relationship between Swiss watchmaking and classic automobiles.

Chopard subsequently developed Mille Miglia watches inspired by the event.

And there is a wonderful detail behind that relationship: Chopard has stated that participating crews receive that year’s Mille Miglia chronograph, with their car’s competition number engraved on the caseback.

That makes the connection between watch and race far deeper than simply putting a racing name on a dial.

⌚ NOW LOOK AT THIS WATCH…

This Chopard Mille Miglia Chronograph comes from MY PERSONAL COLLECTION.

Study the photographs closely and its motorsport character becomes unmistakable:

🏁 Mille Miglia racing heritage
⏱️ Chronograph functionality
🎯 Certified Chronometer
⚫ Black racing-inspired dial
🔴 Famous 1000 MIGLIA red arrow
⚙️ Three chronograph registers
📅 Date display
💎 Stainless-steel construction
🏎️ Tachymeter-style bezel
🇨🇭 Swiss Made
🗺️ Elaborately engraved Mille Miglia-themed caseback

🔍 AND DON’T MISS THE BACK OF THE WATCH.

Turn it over and the story continues.

The detailed caseback transforms what could have been an ordinary piece of steel into a miniature celebration of the Mille Miglia and its Italian racing heritage.

That’s why I included close-up photographs.

Zoom in. Look at the dial. Study the engraving. Then look again at those historic racing photographs.

Suddenly the connection makes sense.

This isn’t simply a luxury watch photographed beside old racing cars.

It represents the meeting of two histories:

🇨🇭 Swiss watchmaking heritage beginning in 1860.
🇮🇹 Italian motorsport heritage beginning with the Mille Miglia in 1927.

And in 1988, those two stories came together through Chopard’s relationship with the Mille Miglia.

❤️ FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION

💰 $6,750 OBO
HighTech Labs LLC
☎️ 415-200-5635

👉 Before you leave this Reel, go back through ALL the photographs one more time.

Which fascinates you most—the historic racing photographs, the black chronograph dial, the red 1000 MIGLIA emblem, or that extraordinary engraved caseback?

And if you have a friend or family member who loves classic cars, racing history, Chopard, Swiss watches or mechanical timepieces, send them this Reel.

Some watches tell time. Others give you a reason to talk about time. 🏁⌚🏎️

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