My failed encounter with Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition

PuristS are already known for our predilection for All-Black watches.

St Gallen All Black Rescue PuristSPro Edition

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Edition

Here on PuristSPro Chopard Forum, we liked the 919-piece limited Superfast Porsche 919 watches be it the "regular" silver dial, steel cased limited edition or the even rarer 100-piece Jacky Ickx edition.

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Jacky Ickx Edition

Two Chopard Superfast Chronos 919 Editions and red Chopard Mille Miglia 2015 Race Edition

Porsche 919 Hybrid 2016 Race Car

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition

Now, Chopard has raised the ante with redesign of the aesthetic and technique. Exclusively available only at Chopard boutiques, the limited Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition pays homage to the latest Porsche 919 Hybrid LP1 racer by picking up its aesthetic codes.

Both look mean and "Da Business" in black.

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition

Check out the 45 mm-diameter case engineered from titanium – an ultra-light material used in the world of endurance racing – that is bead-blasted, blackened by a DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) treatment ensuring an extremely scratch-resistant coating, and water-resistant to 100 metres. The bezel has a lacquered titanium tachymetric scale and is secured by eight PVD-coated blackened screws.

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition Pusher sketch

The matt black rubber-moulded screw-lock crown bears a steering wheel emblem, while the two pushers are respectively coated in red rubber at 2 o’clock (chronograph start-stop functions) and black rubber at 4 o’clock (zero-reset function).

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition Pusher

The grooves on the case sides evoke the cooling fins of race-car engines, an exclusive finish repeated in the straight lines of the dial reminiscent of the Porsche 919 Hybrid’s rear diffuser.

The red 919 logo appearing on the hours counter is identical to the numbers of the Porsche Hybrid competition cars.

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 sketch

Chopard 03-05M movement

Chopard plays with contrasting colours

Armoured in deep black, highlighted by brilliant white as well as dramatic red accents, the new Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition plays on the contrasts between the three colours on the latest Porsche 919 Hybrid. The matt black dial features red counter hands, minutes markers and central sweep-seconds hand while Arabic numerals, hours and minutes hands as well as metallic hour-markers are painted with SuperLuminova® to stand out distinctly against the dial.

Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition in hand

In the hand, there is a marked difference because of the lightness of titanium. the dial patterns based on the Porsche rear diffuser are more subtle but strangely, more like the real thing.

Porsche 919 rear diffuser

Conclusion:
I like the Chopard Superfast Porsche 919 Black Edition. If I had not got a Chopard chronograph just 24 hours before this black watch appeared in my hand, I would have been under the Sword of Damocles...

Did I make the wrong choice? Answers on a post card please