SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 GQ.COM.AU 159WATCH
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n 1988, Chopard became the official
timekeeper to the Mille Miglia, the
Italian classic car rally held between
Brescia and Rome. The race celebrates
its 90th anniversary this year, a milestone
Chopard honours with the 90-piece
‘Mille Miglia Classic XL 90th Anniversary’.
Equipped with an in-house, COSC-certified
chronograph movement, the 18-carat rose gold
collector’s model is the most prestigious Mille
Miglia Chopard has ever produced.
Out at sea, Omega pulled off one of the
marketing coups of the year in June, when
Emirates Team New Zealand beat Oracle
Team USA, 7-1, to win the 35th A merica’s Cup.
Omega equipped the crew with a specially
made ‘Speedmaster X-33 Regatta ETNZ’.
Capable of timing the five-minute countdowns
before each race, the quartz timepiece also
features a calendar indication, two alarms and
illustrates the time in three time zones. For
the public, Omega released the mechanical‘Seamaster Planet Ocean ETNZ Deep Black’.
It comes with a ceramic bezel, a red and blue
timing scale, and a black rubber strap.
Of all the iconoclastic watchmakers on the
market today, none is more closely associated
with sport than Richard Mille. Until the brand
proved otherwise, the thought of a mechanical
timepiece surviving the 150+ km/h serve of
a tennis player seemed somewhat preposterous.
Then, in 2010, Richard Mille created a watch
for Rafael Nadal who strapped it to his wrist
and won himself some Grand Slams. Seven
years later, the partnership yields another
timepiece that defies common sense. The
‘RM 27-03’ is capable of withstanding 10,000
Gs of shock thanks to a ‘unibody’ baseplate.
Instead of having a case middle, the watch’s
bezel and caseback are assembled directly onto
a baseplate – a type of racing-car construction
that ensures maximum rigidity and greater
resistance to impacts. chopard.com; omegawatches.
com; richardmille.comF R O M L E F T:
C E R A M I C
‘ S E A M A S T E R
PLANET OCEAN
ETNZ DEEP BLACK’,
$15,075, BY
OMEGA; ROSE
GOLD ‘MILLE
M I G L I A
CLASSIC XL 90TH
ANNIVERSARY’,
$ 5 6 , 4 1 0 , B Y
CHOPARD; CARBON
‘RM 27-03’ WATCH,
P O A , B Y
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FUN FACTSPER CENT DECREASE
IN BRANDS SHOWING13.3
8 DAYS
LONG1300
EXHIBITORS60
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
LONGINES FLAGSHIP
H E R ITAG E WATC H2.23mm
THICKNESS OF THE
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LUMINOR 1950
CARBOTECH 3
DAYS 49MM39 APPOINTMENTS
ATTENDED BY GQ6.4
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