hopard introduces the Mille Miglia GTS Power Control Grigio-Blu – 2026 Racing Edition, a numbered limited edition of 250 pieces that distils the Maison’s passion for motorsport into a purposeful design. Endurance, legibility and mechanical precision: this latest Mille Miglia chronometer is resolutely contemporary while remaining deeply anchored in the heritage of the Italian race of which Chopard has been partner since 1988.

The 43 mm case, crafted in Lucent Steel™, immediately asserts the timepiece’s robust character. The proportions of the case are balanced by short, ergonomic lugs that ensure a secure and comfortable fit on the wrist, while a screw-down crown engraved with a steering wheel reinforces its identity as a true instrument for drivers. Water-resistant to 100 metres, the timepiece is engineered to perform with reliability in all conditions.

The Grigio-Blu dial draws direct inspiration from racing-car dashboards. Crafted from brass with a grained blue-grey finish, its texture and hue subtly recall the asphalt of the race roads. Broad, masculine typography ensures immediate legibility. The racing references continue with a power-reserve indicator designed like a fuel gauge.

Time is given via broad facetted hands and applied metallic hour-markers, all coated with black Super-LumiNova®, ensuring optimal readability day and night. A semi instantaneous date completes the functional layout.

At the heart of the watch beats the Chopard calibre 01.08 C, an in-house mechanical self-winding movement. Chronometer-certified by the COSC, it guarantees high-precision timekeeping. Operating at a frequency of 4Hz, the movement offers a comfortable 60-hour power reserve, along with a stop-seconds function enabling accurate time-setting down to the second.

The Mille Miglia GTS Power Control Grigio Blu – 2026 Racing Edition is paired with a technical black textile strap, reinforced with a rubber lining on the interior for enhanced comfort and durability, and secured by a folding clasp. A subtle tyre tread motif on the rubber lining discreetly references the collection’s racing heritage.

Combining assertive design, advances functions and mechanical excellence, this timepiece is issued as a limited edition reserved for the Italian retail network and Chopard Boutiques worldwide.

Chopard Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele said: “With the Mille Miglia GTS Power Control Grigio-Blu – Racing Edition, we wanted to express what endurance truly means today: reliability, clarity and mechanical precision, combined with a strong, contemporary design.”

Chopard’s passion for motorsport is embodied by its historic partnership with the Mille Miglia, the legendary Italian endurance rally that Enzo Ferrari once described as “the most beautiful race in the world.” A pioneer among watchmaking manufacturers involved in automotive competition, Chopard has been the race’s World Sponsor and Official Timekeeper since 1988. Its Co-President, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, has taken part every year without exception since 1989.

From the very first year of the collaboration emerged the Mille Miglia watch collection, whose inaugural model laid the foundations for what would become one of Chopard’s most iconic designs. The collection soon became known as a highly anticipated annual release: a true collector’s item, each new edition enriched a legacy for nearly 40 years, where watchmaking mechanics meet the spirit of the race. Mille Miglia models combine the precision of a chronograph designed to withstand the demands of competition with a refined aesthetic appealing far beyond motorsport enthusiasts.

In addition to the traditional Race Edition unveiled each year at the start of the race, the collection stands out through various limited editions paying tribute to iconic legs such as the Raticosa Pass, historical anecdotes such as racing colours (the national colours that enable instant identification of a team’s origin), and to legendary figures like Jacky Ickx or Sir Stirling Moss. Some editions even celebrate prestigious coachbuilders, such as Zagato. These numerous tributes reinforce the iconic status these watches have earned among collectors.

The unique experience of the Mille Miglia race infuses its spirit into the identity of the entire watch collection, through automotive-inspired codes: precision-certified mechanisms, indications and counters evoking dashboard design, pushers shaped like pistons, perforated leather straps and rubber straps with tyre tread patterns, crowns engraved with a steering wheel motif, the red arrow adorning the dial and caseback, and on some more recent models, a “glass-box” crystal offering vintage charm and panoramic legibility.

Made with a recycling rate of 80%, Chopard’s Lucent Steel™ results from an advanced remelting process that produces a pure material, with brilliance comparable to gold and hypoallergenic properties similar to surgical steel. Its exceptional hardness makes it particularly resistant to abrasion.

First introduced in 2019 with the launch of the Alpine Eagle collection, Lucent Steel™ has been used to produce all Chopard steel timepieces since 2023 – cases and bracelets included.

The Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC) independently certifies the precision of movements. Uncased movements undergo 15 days of testing in five positions and at three temperature ranges. All Mille Miglia movements are subjected to this protocol, ensuring a daily rate variation between -4 and +6 seconds per day.

Jacky Ickx and Romain Dumas are two of Chopard’s most enduring motorsport Ambassadors, each embodying excellence, endurance and authentic passion.

Jacky Ickx, a six time Le Mans winner and longtime friend of Karl Friedrich Scheufele, has been linked to the Maison for over three decades, becoming part of its Family spirit. He and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele took part in the latter’s first Mille Miglia together, and regularly driving together ever since.

As for endurance champion Romain Dumas, he known for record breaking achievements and technical mastery, proudly representing Chopard during his most demanding challenges, reflecting the Maison’s commitment to performance and precision.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Mille Miglia GTS Power Control Grigio-Blu – 2026 Racing Edition

250-piece limited and numbered edition in Lucent SteelTM

Case

• Lucent Steel™
• Total diameter 43 mm
• Thickness 11.43 mm
• Water resistance 100 metres
• Screw-down crown in Lucent Steel™ engraved with steering wheel motif
• 7.00 mm Lucent Steel™ bezel with black aluminium inlay
• Glare-proofed sapphire crystal
• Exhibition caseback with engraving

Movement

• Mechanical self-winding chronograph movement
• Chopard 01.08-C
• Number of components 251
• Diameter 28.80 mm
• Thickness 4.95 mm
• Number of jewels 40
• Frequency 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
• Power reserve 60 hours
• Chronometer-certified (COSC)

Dial and hands

• Brass dial with a grained blue-grey finish
• Black flange with blue-grey transfers
• Applied black hour markers, coated in black Super-LumiNova®
• Black and red transfers
• Baton-type hands for hours and minutes, with black Super-LumiNova®
• Central rhodium-plated baton-type chronograph seconds hand with red tip
• Rhodium-plated hand on power reserve indicator
• Mille Miglia arrow logo

Functions

• Central display of the hours, minutes and seconds
• Date indicator at 3 o’clock with semi-instantaneous display
• Fuel gauge-style power reserve indicator between 8 and 10 o’clock
• Stop-seconds function

Strap and buckle

• Technical black textile strap with rubber ‘tyre tread’ patterned lining
• Deployant buckle

• Ref. 168566-3022 – 250-piece limited edition in Lucent SteelTM
• Exclusively available in Italy and Chopard boutiques.