Mille Miglia GTS Power Control – 2025 Race Edition

Mille Miglia GTS Power Control - 2025 Race Edition

The Gran Turismo Sport Chronograph celebrates its 10th anniversary

This year marks a decade since Chopard introduced the GTS range – which stands for ‘Grand Turismo Sport’ – to complement its storied Mille Miglia collection dedicated to the legendary motorsport event, of which Chopard is the World Sponsor and Official Timekeeper since 1988. The Maison now continues to honour its rich motorsport heritage with the Mille Miglia GTS Power Control - 2025 Race Edition. A bold 43mm timepiece in Lucent Steel™, with a salmon-coloured dial, featuring Chopard’s chronometer-certified (COSC) in-house 01.02-M movement, it is designed for gentleman drivers who demand performance, style, and endurance on every stretch of their journey.

Performance design rooted in racing tradition

Ahead of this year’s race (17-21 June), Chopard proudly presents a special edition of the Mille Miglia GTS Power Control, inspired by the legendary cars that raced the Mille Miglia between 1940 and 1957. Limited to just 250 examples, this 43 mm timepiece is crafted from Chopard’s Lucent Steel™. This exclusive alloy is a luminous, high-performance material made with a recycling rate of 80%. Its remarkable resilience makes it a natural fit to handle the knocks, bumps and scrapes of competitive driving. The watch is secured with a black perforated calfskin strap featuring a Lucent Steel™ pin buckle and lined with rubber embossed with the tread pattern of a classic Dunlop racing tyre, a Chopard hallmark.

Dashboard heritage, dialled in

The Mille Miglia GTS Power Control - 2025 Race Edition features a striking, salmon-coloured dial with a satin finish that evokes historical hand-crafted aluminium bodywork and painted metal dashboards. Its warm tones contrast with the black aluminium bezel, black hands and hour markers, all coated in black Super-LumiNova® for enhanced character. The result is a timepiece that blends racing utility with refined elegance, equally at home behind the wheel or away from the track.

In addition to a date window, an at-a-glance small seconds indicator and the iconic Mille Miglia red arrow, the watch includes its signature function: a fuel gauge-inspired indicator between the 8 and 10 o’clock positions that monitors the automatic movement’s 60-hour power reserve.

A chronometer calibre inspired by motorsport

At the heart of the timepiece beats Chopard’s in-house 01.02-M calibre, which is chronometer-certified and equipped with a stop-seconds function, ensuring the high-precision timekeeping demanded by endurance events like the Mille Miglia.

Turning over the watch reveals further nods to classic motoring: a sapphire crystal case back offers a view of the automatic winding rotor, shaped like a vintage steering wheel. The robust construction, including a screw-down crown and a case back secured by eight screws, guarantees water-resistance up to 100 metres.

Importantly, the Mille Miglia route changes every year, offering a new take on Italy’s scenic richness. While it always starts and ends in Brescia, the 2025 edition will trace a ‘figure eight’ through cities such as Verona, San Marino, and Livorno, with challenging mountain passes like the Raticosa along the way. As such, each timepiece is engraved with its unique edition number and the route inscription ‘Brescia > Rome > Brescia’ – a reference to the race-defining journey participants embark on.

Chopard and the Mille Miglia: a 38-year partnership

Chopard has been the World Sponsor and Official Timekeeper of the Mille Miglia since 1988 and has created a new watch every year to mark each edition of the race. Since 1989, Chopard Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has competed in every Mille Miglia to have been held – meaning this year will mark the 37th time that he has pulled-up on the starting ramp.