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and Speed Yellow for Belgium.
Crowns are fashioned to resemble
old-school steering wheels. Watch
straps feature perforations that
recall well-worn driving gloves.
Every year, as he participates in
the Mille Miglia, Scheufele thinks
about what the maison can do
with the collection in the coming
years – how best to preserve this
colourful piece of motor sporting
history. “A mechanical watch,” he
says, “is an antidote to everything
electronic and digital surrounding
us today, that’s often not long-
lived. This is something you can
take off your wrist, put in your
drawer for 20 years and then
your son can put it on, wind it, and
it’ll still work. It’s only consuming
the energy of your body moving.
I think it’s one of the most
sustainable items a person
can possess.”
The Mille Miglia, too, is
charting new paths with an eye
to the future: In September, a
preview of the 1000 Miglia Green
will be held, including a drive from
Brescia to Milan for cars with
an electric component in their
power unit. In December, a winter
version of the Mille Miglia will be
reborn: the Coppa delle Alpi.
Going through Italy, Austria,
Germany and Switzerland, 100
cars will cover over 2,300km of
pristine Alpine country and small
villages with the most cheerful
Christmas markets.
Today, though, ambling through
Brescia’s city centre feels like
walking through an open-air
vintage car museum. There is the
smell of petrol, the guttural roar
of engines, the screech of tyres
on cobblestone roads. The city’s
ancient arcades are festooned
with red Freccia Rossa ags and
the celebratory spirit in the air
is palpable. But the last word on
the enduring appeal of the Mille
Miglia in 2019 is Jacky Ickx’s:
“It reminds us where we’ve come
from. We remember people who’ve
opened new worlds, and if you’re
a sensitive person, you care about
this. Because what you’ve got is
what they gave you. If you’re not
sentimental, you don’t care, and
that’s it. But I think you miss the
point. This race is a way to respect
those who opened new roads –
those who dared.”
WATCH
IMAGE: ©1000 MIGLIA (RACE), SHIKHA SETHI (INTERIOR DETAIL)
Meet the 2019
Mille Miglia All-Stars
MILLE MIGLIA GTS POWER CONTROL
Race-ready, this elegant timepiece
features a blue dial with perforated blue
calf leather straps and is powered by a
COSC-certified, self-winding movement
and a 60-hour power reserve.
THE MILLE MIGLIA CLASSIC
CHRONOGRAPH ZAGATO 100TH
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Celebrating legendary coachbuilder Zagato’s
centenary, it features a sophisticated red
lacquer dial with Zagato’s trademark Z motif
repeating itself, Freccia Rossa-style hour
markers and cool-as-hell leather bund straps.
MILLE MIGLIA 2019
RACE EDITION CHRONOGRAPH
With a bold 44mm case, this limited-
edition beauty with a snail grey dial and
cognac leather calf straps is available in
steel and rose gold (250 pieces) and just
steel (1,000 pieces). Details we love: the
retro Dunlop 1960s tyre motif on the watch
lining, and water resistance up to 100m,
perfect for rainy weather.
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