{"id":27693,"date":"2024-05-03T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchtime.com\/featured\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:02:21","slug":"the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of Driving: Chopard Launches Mille Miglia GTS Automatic Chrono California Mille 33rd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the sixth consecutive year,<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/watchtime.com\/tag\/chopard\"><strong>Chopard<\/strong> <\/a>proudly served as the Official Timekeeper of the 33rd annual <strong>California Mille<\/strong>, which took place last month from April 21 to 25. Inspired by the original Italian<strong> Mille Miglia<\/strong> open road race from Brescia to Rome (of which Chopard has also been a global sponsor since 1988), the <strong>California Mille<\/strong> is a 1,000-mile, four-day excursion through Southern California\u2019s most scenic destinations. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-interchange=\"[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition.jpg, (default)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition-10.jpg, (small)],[https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition-9.jpg, (medium)]\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" data-old-src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-159171\"><\/figure>\n<p>To mark the occasion, the Swiss brand unveiled the new <strong><strong>Mille Miglia GTS Automatic Chrono California Mille 33<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;Edition<\/strong><\/strong>, a chronometer-certified timepiece in Lucent Steel with numerous references to the legendary Italian endurance rally that enthusiasts effectively call \u201cLa Corsa P\u00f9i Bella del Mondo,\u201d the most beautiful race in the world. Typical of the collection, the watch exudes a very elegant yet functional elegance that evokes the spirit of the 1960s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2122\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-159177\"><\/figure>\n<p>The C.O.S.C.-chronometer certified self-winding chronograph is clad into Chopard\u2019s genuine steel alloy Lucent steel and water-resistant to 100 meters. Presented with a diameter of 44mm, it is equipped with mushroom-style chronograph pushers engraved with a knurled pattern and a ratcheted crown to ensure good grip and facilitate use.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The luminescent beige dial with green and red racing stripes and the California Mille logo has a textured finish that serves as a beautiful backdrop for the snailed small seconds and chronograph sub dials and the date window at 3 o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n<p>The watch face is framed by a thin and slender green bezel bearing a tachymeter scale. Its contrasting white transferred graduations serve to measure average speed ranging from 60 to 400 km\/h by means of the chronograph sweep-seconds hand.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2121\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition-2.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-159180\"><\/figure>\n<p>The case back is closed and bears a \u201cUSA Limited Edition 25\u201d engraving. The Mille Miglia GTS Automatic Chrono California Mille 33<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;Edition is fitted with a brown calfskin strap lined with rubber. In keeping with the codes established at the launch of the Mille Miglia collection, the lining is patterned like the tread of 1960s Dunlop Racing tires.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing for the watch is marked at $9,310.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more, visit Chopard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chopard.com\/en-us\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.chopard.com\/en-us\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchtime.com\/featured\/the-beauty-of-driving-chopard-launches-mille-miglia-gts-automatic-chrono-california-mille-33rd-edition\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the sixth consecutive year, Chopard proudly served as the Official Timekeeper of the 33rd&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1107,1108],"tags":[1111,1112,1113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pureluxurymag.com\/watchnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}