Chopard

After the pleasant chaos and hullabaloo that is the Baselworld 2016 trade show, where we were treated to numerous watch 'novelties', I would like to reflect upon an understated watch from Chopard – Mille Miglia GTS Automatic Speed Black – which deserves m...  

Looks like the gateway drug to the LUC 8HF - nice watch and good to see that the whole range is being constantly updated.

MTF

Thankfully they have decided for white contrast. In general the all black with red looks fantastic. Also here... It seems like the: / First speed black model that is not a chronograph? / First speed black with a matte casing finish? / First MM with the M ... 

The Speed Black models have been intermittent through the years so we need to find out about the early years of this millennium. Definitely, the Limited Edition Speed Black 1, 2 and 3 were chronographs; the first two had GMT utility but the third was in a... 

I remember seeing some special Speed Black editions like some Cologne special edition I saw in Cologne. Chronograph, too. Speed Silver watcheS: do you know of more than one model? Cheers, Kolosstt

Officially, one Speed Silver model was issued in 2012 as the Mille Miglia GT XL Chrono Speed Silver It followed the 2011 launch of the Mille Miglia GT XL Chrono Rosso Corsa. They are both chronographs in titanium cases and are part of the new Chopard Rac...  

Colors explained and thank you MTF for taking your time to do so. Is my understanding correct that the second watch from the right would carry a print of an abbreviation "B R G" on the crystal of the panorama back? Although the dial almost looks black, th... 

Yes....the colour reproduction is poor from multiple copies and photo editing of the jpg files. Regards, MTF

I have a GTS Speed Black, and although I did not take a liking to it, I have grown much fonder over the years. It is, as you say, an understated watch but really cool as such. However, my initial gripe with the watch was the treaded rubber strap that it w...