This year, the famous Geneva-based luxury watch manufacturer Chopard is presenting a very sophisticated and powerful watch with chronograph dedicated to Porsche’s 18th victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the incredible race that took place on June 18-19, 2016. The new model inspired by the Porsche 919 Hybrid is distinguished by a very modern, avant-garde design that perfectly combines stylish black color with red and white details. It is powered by the COSC-certified chronometer movement and available in a limited edition of only 100 pieces worldwide. In this way, we can say without any doubt that this exclusive Chopard chronograph, titled the Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition, will impress not only dedicated fans of branded high-end watches but also even the most demanding connoisseurs of Haute Horlogerie.
Sports luxury watch designed to win
The new 45mm-wide Chopard chronograph watch comes in an extremely strong yet ultra-light and scratch-resistant DLC blackened titanium case that possesses water resistance up to the depth of 100 meters. It is topped by a matching titanium bezel with a lacquered tachymeter scale for measuring quick lap times. This modern piece of fine men’s watches has a stylish matt black dial that bears Arabic numerals, metallic hour markers, and hands painted with Superluminova while its central sweep-seconds hand, minutes markers, and chrono hands are colored bright red. The 919 logo (the numbers of the Porsche 919 Hybrid) that appears on the hour counter at 9 o’clock is also in red color. Moreover, this model of luxury chronograph watches features an anti-reflective sapphire crystal, a black rubber-coated screw-down crown with a distinctive emblem of a steering wheel at 3 o’clock, and two rubber-coated chrono pushers (the black one for the zero-reset function at the 4 o’clock position and the red one for the start-stop function at 2 o’clock).
Exceptional movement built for competition
The Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition, like amazing Porsche racing cars, boasts not only a stylish, eye-catching design but also a cutting-edge mechanism. This exceptional piece of Chopard new release watches is equipped with a mechanical automatic chronograph movement certified by COSC, Chopard Calibre 03.05M with flyback function. Beating at the frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour (4Hz), it provides 60 hours of power reserve. In addition, this luxury watch with chronograph is equipped with a sapphire crystal case back so that you can easily admire the in-house Chopard caliber in action.
This beautiful, accurate, and functional Chopard chronograph created for motor-racing fans comes with a stylish black rubber strap secured with a DLC-coated titanium folding clasp that perfectly complements the overall design of the model. Its retail price is $14,370 USD. The Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Black Edition is now available in branded boutiques only.